A son killed his mother with a broken bottle before gouging out her eyes on a country walk because he thought she was a 'demon', a court has heard.
Daniel O'Hara-Wright, 23, suddenly turned on his mother Carole as they walked together at a National Trust beauty spot in Oxfordshire on October 23 last year.
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O'Hara-Wright is standing trial at Oxford Crown Court charged with murder.
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The court heard he then ran into a road and jumped on a passing motorist's car before 'car-jacking' a horrified woman and forcing her to drive to the village of Christmas Common.
Once they arrived at the village, O'Hara-Wright jumped out the car and ran across the countryside, somehow electrocuting himself to such a serious extent that his arm had to be amputated.
Alan Blake, prosecuting, detailed how the defendant went on to break into a nearby farmhouse, where occupants were enjoying a sauna.
They found him naked and covered in blood inside their bathroom and called police.
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'One of the officers, PC Cartwright. asked him if anyone else was hurt. Initially he said nothing but then he said "I’ve hurt my mum".
'At 7.45pm that evening O’Hara-Wright was arrested on suspicion of murder. He responded calmly saying "that’s fine, I understand" before adding "it was kill or be killed".'
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The defendant, who is being held in a secure hospital, will not be present throughout the trial.
Jurors heard that, while in hospital, O'Hara-Wright has assaulted a police officer and attacked a nurse with a spoon handle before trying to stab himself.
Two psychiatrists have separately examined the defendant and concluded that he could claim to have been insane at the time of the incident.
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O’Hara-Wright, of Uxbridge, west London, denies murder.
His defence, led by Mark Graffius QC, is expected to argue that he was insane at the time of the events and not responsible for his actions.
Son, 23, killed mother then gouged out her eyes because he thought she was a 'demon', court hears | Daily Mail Online
