Diary of mum who stabbed her children read to jury
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A woman who stabbed her two children and herself wrote in her diary that she did so because she wanted her partner to be "happy with another woman" a court has heard. She is charged with murdering her eight-week-old son and attempting to murder his two-year-old sister in July 2021.She accepts she stabbed the children but denies the charges.In the black book, she wrote: "I chose to take our lives for everything you've done to us."All you wanted was to have arguments so you have reasons to leave and be with your woman."I couldn't bear the thought that you are with her and you did not care about us any more.
The jury was also shown footage from a camera worn by a police officer who was called to the woman's home three days before the stabbings.She alleges that her partner pushed her at the top of the stairs and says that the back of her head hit a wall.She says: "I don't feel safe with my kids here beside him.
"He give me too much stress. All the time shouting, drugs and alcohol. I have enough, you know what I mean?"Footage was also shown of the woman being checked in to a police custody room.When asked about her mental health, the woman says: "Depression I have 100%. I had it and still have it.The woman is then heard asking about the condition of her daughter.
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