A woman who beheaded her own mum has been found not guilty of murder. Jessica Camilleri, 27, was instead found guilty of manslaughter after arguing that she was mentally impaired during the attack.
She stabbed her 57-year-old mum Rita up to 200 times in Sydney, Australia, in July last year, cutting out her tongue,eyeballs and nose.
Police were called to reports of an argument between two women and found Rita's body in the kitchen of her home, while her head had been dumped in a neighbour's front yard.
Camilleri allegedly asked if her mum could be brought back to life if her head was reattached and her heart restarted. Prosecutor Tony McCarthy told the jury that Camilleri said: "I just kept stabbing and stabbing and stabbing her, I took off
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