A man who violently beat his own mum with a coffee table and attacked his sister told police 'I need to learn to control my anger'.
Theodore Roche, 31, grabbed his sister by the collar and repeatedly punched her while calling her "a slag and a whore", the Liverpool Echo reports.
The attack occurred at Roche's mum's home in Clubmoor, Liverpool at around 6.30pm on February 3 this year. At Liverpool Crown Court on Friday, October 18, prosecutor Louise Santamera said: "Police were called and spoke to Helen Roche, the defendant's sister.
She told officers she had been visiting her mother and while watching TV her brother's demeanour changed, he became abusive, saying 'you know what, you need a man'. READ MORE: Driver in hospital in 'life-threatening' condition after crash near Trafford Centre "At first she thought he was joking, but he became more aggressive, shouting in her face, and then snatched her phone out of her hand.
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