This Wednesday, the São João Novo court in Porto began trying a woman for trying to kill her 83-year-old mother with a rag soaked in alcohol in Vila Nova de Gaia last December. . She is charged with domestic violence and attempted murder.
In court, the 55-year-old accused admitted to her crime, but repeated that she never intended to kill her mother.
The prosecution alleges that in the early hours of December 10, 2022, the accused assaulted her mother by stuffing a rag soaked in alcohol into her mouth and placing it under her face to prevent her from breathing. In addition, the prosecutor’s indictment states that since she began living with her mother, the defendant often asked her for money for alcoholic drinks and fuel, but since the elderly woman had a small pension, she could not satisfy such requests and therefore was insulted. .: “You son of a bitch, shitty old woman,” among other insults. However, the defendant assured the panel of judges that she had never “treated her mother like that” and assured that, with the exception of that day, she had never asked for money, her mother gave her 20 euros a week.
“I asked her for money that day. That was the only time. When she said it wasn’t enough, I went crazy,” he said, justifying himself by saying he was “not feeling well” and that it was a “bad phase.” . in his life.
Author: David Monteiro
Source: CM Jornal
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