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A court heard a woman having killed her five-year-old son and tried to drown her eight-year-old son to "save" them from her ex-partner. The woman, not named for legal reasons, upheld her claims of innocence against a murder charge and a charge of attempting to drown a person intent on murdering the Wagga Supreme Court on Monday. Crown attorney Max Pincott claimed that she drowned one child and attempted to drown the other on the Murray River near Moama in March of last year. However, senior defense lawyer Eric Wilson told the court that his client would be defending the charges because of mental illness. "She was suffering from a disease of the mind that caused a flaw in reasoning at the time," Wilson said. "Although she knew the nature and quality of the act, she knew it was wrong to kill someone, she was not able to reason morally in a clear and appropriate way in her actions." Mr. Wilson said that his client in his mind thought that he was protecting his children from his former partner. "The illusion that she would be raped or killed by her former partner, that she had to stop her children from witnessing or being killed, is in the center," he said. "There was some premonition in her mind that something would happen, that she would be killed and that she could not allow her children to witness or be part of that process." The court heard that she reported hearing voices ever since. the age of 7 or 8, self-injured for the first time at age 9, had a history of substance abuse from 13 years, and was abused by a former partner between 2014 and 2016. Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Jonathon Adams, who assessed her after the alleged offenses, said she likely suffered from a borderline personality disorder, a major depressive disorder and auditory hallucinations. "From the psychiatric point of view, I find it reasonable to suggest that she did not have a full understanding of the moral ramifications of what is said to have done," Adams said. "She thought she was under surveillance and a very strong chase [her ex-partner] during that whole period of time … and as a result of these beliefs, she felt she needed to kill her children so they would not be killed by him. "The trial will continue for the rest of the week, with a police interview with the accused after the alleged incident expected to be played. Daily Advertiser
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A court heard a woman having killed her five-year-old son and tried to drown her eight-year-old son to "save" them from her ex-partner.
The woman, not named for legal reasons, upheld her claims of innocence against a murder charge and a charge of attempting to drown a person intent on murdering the Wagga Supreme Court on Monday.
Crown attorney Max Pincott claimed that she drowned one child and attempted to drown the other on the Murray River near Moama in March of last year.
However, senior defense lawyer Eric Wilson told the court that his client would be defending the charges because of mental illness.
"She was suffering from a disease of the mind that caused a flaw in reasoning at the time," Wilson said.
"Although she knew the nature and the quality of the act, she knew it was wrong to kill someone, she was not able to reason morally in a clear and appropriate manner in her actions."
Wilson said his client, in his opinion, thought he was protecting his children from his former partner.
"The illusion that she would be raped or killed by her former partner, that she had to stop her children from witnessing or being killed, is in the center," he said.
"There was some premonition in her mind that something would happen, that she would be killed and that she could not allow her children to witness or be part of that process."
… she did not have a full understanding of the moral ramifications of what she is said to have done
Forensic Psychiatrist Dr. Jonathon Adams
The court heard that she reported hearing voices from the age of 7 or 8, first self-injuring herself at 9, had a history of substance abuse since 13 and was abused by a former partner between 2014 and 2016.
Forensic psychiatrist Jonathon Adams, who evaluated her after the alleged offenses, said she probably suffered from borderline personality disorder, major depressive disorder, and auditory hallucinations.
"From the psychiatric point of view, I find it reasonable to suggest that she did not have a full understanding of the moral ramifications of what is said to have done," Adams said.
"She thought she was under surveillance and a very strong chase [her ex-partner] over that period of time … and, as a result of those beliefs, she felt she needed to kill her children so they would not be killed by him. "
The trial will continue for the rest of the week, with a police interview with the accused after the alleged incident expected to be played.
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