A former psychiatrist tried to kill his friend by viciously beating her about the head after becoming convinced she would be "better off dead".
Andre Jedrzejczyk, 60, believed he was committing "an act of mercy" when he attacked his 75-year-old female friend with a glass and a concrete ornament, leaving her badly injured in a pool of blood.
He appeared at Liverpool Crown Court today, June 29, where he pleaded guilty to attempted murder.
