A 'devious' drug addict who savagely murdered her mother 'in cold blood' and then tried to cover up the killing must serve at least 17 years in jail.
Cassandra Scott, 36, stabbed her mother Beverley 10 times in a crack cocaine fuelled rage, then left her body in the house they shared for two-and-a-half months.
Beverley, 58, had previously told police she was 'terrified' of her daughter and scared of her temper. READ MORE : Armed cops swoop on car outside Manchester park as two men arrested The police were called out previously after Cassandra kicked her to the chest, and punched her to the ground years before.
A judge hit out at Cassandra, of Holker Close, Longsight, for trying to 'blacken' her mother's name, by claiming Beverley had come at her with a knife.
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