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Evening Standard
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Dave Higgens

Woman who tried to kill her mother on hospital ward jailed for three years

A woman who tried to kill her elderly mother on a hospital ward using pillows and a knife has been jailed for three years.

Susan Hardwick, 65, told medical staff at Doncaster Royal Infirmary (DRI) “I want to kill her” as they tried to drag her off Joan Hardwick, who was 89 at the time, the city’s crown court heard on Friday.

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