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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Nick Tyrrell

Son stabbed mum because he 'wanted her to be with Jesus'

A man told his mum he “wanted her to be with Jesus” before stabbing her with a kitchen knife during a psychotic episode.

Andrew Williamson, 40, stabbed his mother Barbara at their home before walking out onto the road wearing a dressing gown and telling police he did it to help her.

Liverpool Crown Court heard today that Williamson had not drunk or taken drugs and instead suffered an acute mental health episode brought on by extreme stress.

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