Young Mother Knifed to Death in Front of Children in Chilling Copy of Mother's Murder

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Young mother knifed to death in front of children in chilling copy of mother's killing 14 years earlier
By PAUL SIMS
Last updated at 9:01 PM on 08th February 2010

A young mother was hacked to death with a kitchen knife in front of her terrified children in a chilling copy of her mother's own killing 14 years earlier.

Shop worker Claire Marshall, 35, was repeatedly stabbed by her ex-partner Benjamin Cooper, also 35, in an attack 'of the utmost savagery'.

She was preparing to leave home for her shift at the local off licence in Millom, Cumbria, when she was brutally attacked last January, a court was told.

Cooper later tried to kill his step-father. When asked what he had done to Miss Marshall he boasted: 'I have been doing a bit of butchery.'

Fourteen years earlier Miss Marshall's mother Marjorie, 50, was stabbed 30 times and left to die at the family home in Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

She was attacked with a kitchen knife by her adopted son and Miss Marshall's brother, John, because of her alleged 'nagging'.

Miss Marshall, who was 21 at the time, later watched her brother plead guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

Today, in almost identical circumstances, her killer also pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

Cooper also admitted the attempted murder of his step father Gerald Fern, 64, minutes after he left Claire dying in a pool of blood.

Howard Bentham QC, prosecuting, told Manchester Crown Court that Miss Marshall and Cooper split up a year before the killing.

They remained in touch and Cooper was allowed access to the couple's three year old daughter, Hannah.

Miss Marshall, who also had daughters aged 15 and eight from an earlier relationship, was getting Hannah ready for an access visit when Cooper launched his attack.

Miss Marshall's 15 year old daughter, who cannot be named for legal reason, later told police: 'He was looking at my Mum dead weird. He was scary.

'Then he jumped my Mum and started hitting her and hitting her.

'Then he got his penknife out and started to cut her throat. It is all a blur. He went into the kitchen to grab a knife. I tried to stop him and reason with him but he just pushed me away.'

Mr Bentham told the court that Cooper, who had a history of drug abuse, was suffering from delusions and believed that Miss Marshall was intending to kill him.

Pathologist John Rogers said that the attack was so savage 'that I can think of no other reason than the attacker was trying to cut Claire's head off'.

Miss Marshall's brother, John, who is now 33, was put on three years' probation and walked free from court.

After the case he worked as a part-time waiter and resumed his Alevel studies in the hope of going to university.

Outside court Miss Marshall's father Jim, 68, refused to discuss the similarities of both killings.

He said: 'I known there has been publicity but John has served his sentence and he is still suffering.

'He lost his best friend that day. All I can say is that the family miss Claire terribly.

'We miss her smile and of course the three children miss her Mum. It has been a terrible tragedy.'

Mr Justice Nicol will sentence Cooper on Wednesday.

Source : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-earlier.html

[TheVrist]

put this in gore or i ban you!

[guttsfukk]

add the video of the stabbing and i will

[TheVrist]

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[RancidMind]

Nice article Gutts, loved the read. Hmm,both were killed the same way. Anymore pics?

[Reaper7]

crzy

[coverdale0]

What sucks most is he got away with it. Poor kids.

[Clairebee1]

Jesus christ

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[Flaka™]

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