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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Former black cab driver stabbed his 100-year-old mother |
Man stabbed his 100-year-old mother (UKPA) – 19 hours ago So that would be; 23/08/2010 A former black-cab driver stabbed his 100-year-old mother in the neck then told his brother: "I've just gone mad," the Old Bailey has been told. Michael Fitzgibbon, 62, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and will be sentenced on September 13. Fitzgibbon killed his mother Hannah at their home in Hainton Close, Stepney, east London, in February. He was initially charged with murder but prosecutors accepted a plea to the lesser charge because psychiatrists agreed he had depression of "moderate severity" as well as the early stages of Parkinson's disease. Crispin Aylett QC, prosecuting, said: "This is a case in which the defendant stabbed his mother when she was 100 years old. This occurred at a time when it seems that in fact the defendant's own health was deteriorating at a rather more rapid rate than that of his mother." Mr Aylett said Fitzgibbon's condition was undiagnosed at the time although "some of the symptoms were apparent to family and friends". He added: "Neither psychiatrists nor anyone else could think of any rational explanation for why the defendant would have killed his mother other than the one the defendant himself offered in the immediate aftermath. "He told his brother on the telephone, and later police, 'I've just gone mad'." Judge Richard Hone ordered pre-sentence reports to decide on whether to jail Fitzgibbon or take an "exceptional" course of giving a supervision order because of the defendant's state of health. He said: "It is a terrible event but the circumstances have considerable mitigation." Source; The Press Association |
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:35 am ] |
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Very, very sad indeed!! |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:53 am ] |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:59 pm ] |
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Without wanting to point out the obvious, why did the press need to publish this guys occupation? CC |
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| Author: | Chris the Fish [ Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:01 am ] |
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Former occupation. Get the word "Taxi" in is the only reason. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:07 am ] |
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Chris the Fish wrote: Former occupation.
Get the word "Taxi" in is the only reason. Former Artist Adolf Hitler Former Draft dodger Benito Mussolini Former failed student Pol Pot CC |
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| Author: | GBC [ Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:52 am ] |
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Former driver of a real taxi - CC. 
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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:53 am ] |
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GBC wrote: Former driver of a real taxi - CC.
Thats true.....former buyer of becks
CC |
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| Author: | GBC [ Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:55 am ] |
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Tesco's own is much cheaper, and dare I say . . stronger?! |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:01 am ] |
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GBC wrote: Tesco's own is much cheaper, and dare I say . . stronger?!
I dont do tescos, tescos are meglomaniacs with a distinct prediliction for private hire freephones. CC |
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| Author: | toots [ Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:09 am ] |
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captain cab wrote: GBC wrote: Tesco's own is much cheaper, and dare I say . . stronger?! I dont do tescos, tescos are meglomaniacs with a distinct prediliction for private hire freephones. CC We've got one in our Tescos that we all try to avoid, same with Asda too |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:10 am ] |
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toots wrote: captain cab wrote: GBC wrote: Tesco's own is much cheaper, and dare I say . . stronger?! I dont do tescos, tescos are meglomaniacs with a distinct prediliction for private hire freephones. CC We've got one in our Tescos that we all try to avoid, same with Asda too Exactly 
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| Author: | Sussex [ Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:18 am ] |
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GBC wrote: Former driver of a real taxi - CC.
And now former killer and present nut-case. Maybe if he had driven PH it wouldn't have effected his well-being. |
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| Author: | GBC [ Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:33 am ] |
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That's no way to speak about CC. 
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:19 pm ] |
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GBC wrote: Former driver of a real taxi - CC.
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