'Devious' drug addict who brutally murdered her mother 'in cold blood' then tried to cover up the killing must serve at least 17 years
20.01.2022 - 20:28
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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.
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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.
He said that in fact Cassandra had 'pounced' on her mother with a 21cm kitchen knife, when she had turned her back.
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Beverley's body was only discovered when her housing officer investigated, after she hadn't been for weeks.
Cassandra had dragged her mother's body from the murder scene in the kitchen, to a cupboard under the stairs, having wrapped it in plastic and covered it in bedding and curtains.
She also tried to cover up the blood on the walls and floor with paint.
The judge accepted that Cassandra had an 'appalling childhood', witnessing domestic violence and drug abuse.
"I am sure that everyone in court felt enormous sympathy with you for having to endure