UK - Scotland - "Baffling" stabbing leaves mother dead, daughter critically wounded

[meanmaryjean]

Is paracetamol what we would call acetaminophen or Tylenol here in the States? Because a Tylenol overdose does not kill you for several weeks - it is NOT something you would swallow a bunch of and expect to fall asleep and never wake up. Which is why it's such a dangerous drug and a leading cause of liver transplants.

This case is SO STRANGE...

 

[pol100gk]

yes, paracetamol is an over the counter painkiller.

 

[wfgodot]

Yes, it's acetaminophen here in the U.S., which made me wonder about the unconfirmed earlier reports of their having taken it as it wouldn't be an apparent agent of attempted suicide.

 

[wfgodot]

Police are said to be baffled by the severity of the arm injuries suffered by the women. It was said that, had the mother survived, she may have required amputation.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/mystery-surrounds-reason-for-womens-deaths.21269727

Case to date well-detailed here.

 

[wfgodot]

Back to the paracetamol again.

Police sources said the women are thought to have purchased paracetamol before committing suicide, and whilst toxicology reports are yet to be made public, they are expected to show high levels of painkillers in both women.

http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotti...her-and-daughter-had-slashed-wrists-1-2957756

 

[wfgodot]

Case still under investigation.

Funeral held for Nicola and Margaret McDonough . (BBC News)

 

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Woman investigated over Greenock hotel deaths - The Scotsman
http://m.scotsman.com/news/scotland...stigated-over-greenock-hotel-deaths-1-3398744

 

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Greenock hotel deaths: Woman arrested a year on - The Scotsman
http://m.scotsman.com/news/scotland...tel-deaths-woman-arrested-a-year-on-1-3406070


Woman bailed after two hotel deaths in Greenock - The Scotsman
12 May 2014 ... Nicola McDonough and her mother died of stab wounds at Premier Inn, ... Margaret McDonough, 52, and 23-year-old Nicola were found at the ...
http://m.scotsman.com/mobile/cmlink/woman-bailed-after-two-hotel-deaths-in-greenock-1-3408071

 

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Woman ‘conned mum and daughter’ who were found dead - The Scotsman
http://m.scotsman.com/news/woman-conned-mum-and-daughter-who-were-found-dead-1-3745483

 

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Greenock hotel deaths: Ex-girlfriend of tragic mum's son arrested and charged for fraud following probe into deaths - Daily Record
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/greenock-hotel-deaths-ex-girlfriend-tragic-3525096

 

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Linsey Cotton: Woman 'tried to extort thousands' from mother and daughter who died in 'double suicide' - Mirror Online
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/linsey-cotton-woman-tried-extort-5524376

 

[wfgodot]

Bizarre.

 

[wfgodot]

Daily Mail:

Mother and daughter died in a suicide pact after woman duped them into thinking they
faced 20 years in jail as part of a bizarre scam that turned their family against them

⁍ Nicola and Margaret McDonough were found dead with slash wounds
⁍ Pair apparently died in suicide pact in Greenock, Renfrewshire, in 2013
⁍ Court heard they were caught in elaborate con and feared being sent to jail
⁍ Linsey Cotton, 33, was jailed after admitting to defrauding the victims

story at the links

Mirror:

Mum and daughter killed themselves after twisted woman
deceived the family in a bizarre £5k online extortion plot
Linsey Cotton invented a phantom girlfriend, a bogus stem cell trial, a fictitious
murdering doctor & a non-existent government cover-up for bizarre extortion plot

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Daily Mail:

Mother and daughter died in a suicide pact after woman duped them into thinking they
faced 20 years in jail as part of a bizarre scam that turned their family against them


story at the links

Mirror:

Mum and daughter killed themselves after twisted woman
deceived the family in a bizarre £5k online extortion plot
Linsey Cotton invented a phantom girlfriend, a bogus stem cell trial, a fictitious
murdering doctor & a non-existent government cover-up for bizarre extortion plot

Wow, this is such a weird case. However, why do people fall for these scams - undoubtedly Cotton managed to convince them all about the secret trial, but alarm bells should have bee ringing LOUDLY when: After receiving the initial proposal, Cotton told Mr McDonough he didn't really love her because he had failed to buy her a ring - a claim which led him to spend £1,870 on an engagement ring and send it to her - despite the two never having met.

Completely mad.

 

[pinklilies]

The court heard that Cotton used 15 mobile phones, two laptops and two tablet computers to convince the family that she was more than a dozen different people as part of the plot, posing online as Stephanie’s siblings and parents, her nurse, her lawyer, her advocate and even government officials.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...turned-family-against-them.html#ixzz3m5Y0PaPP
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Unbelievable, that a single person could pull this scam off. All those different phones and people she was meant to be. How did she even dream such a scam up!

 

[wfgodot]

Mail:

'Deplorable' conwoman whose lies 'led a mother & daughter to kill themselves'
when she duped them into thinking they faced prison, is jailed for three years