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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stephanie Wareham

Mother who stabbed 10-year-old daughter to death given indefinite hospital order

Shay Kang, 10, was stabbed to death by her mother Jaskirat Kaur, also known as Jasmine Kang. (West Midlands Police/PA) -

A mother who stabbed her daughter 11 times in the chest as she slept was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and believed she was being targeted by “lasers and technology”, a court has heard.

Jaskirat Kaur, 33, called 999 on March 4 and told West Midlands Police: “My kid is dead,” hours after she killed 10-year-old Shay Kang with a Swiss Army knife at their home in Robin Close, Rowley Regis.

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