Australia - A 43-YEAR-OLD man exploded with rage and killed his elderly parents with an axe after his mother laughed when the man's pet cat died, the Supreme Court in Launceston heard today.
Stephen Alexander Harper pleaded guilty to the murder of Roderick Alexander Harper, 88, and Helene May Harper, 77, on August 30, 2006. Crown prosecutor John Ransom said Harper killed his parents with a number of blows to the head with the back of an axe on the day his cat Tootie died. The court heard Harper believed his mother may have poisoned the cat. "He snapped and killed them and told friends his parents had treated him like dirt," Mr Ransom said. "He believed his mother had poisoned the cat because she laughed about it." He had then gone and smashed up his flat before re-entering the house. Full Story - MagazineLane.com - Lumber Liquidators
Stephen Alexander Harper pleaded guilty to the murder of Roderick Alexander Harper, 88, and Helene May Harper, 77, on August 30, 2006. Crown prosecutor John Ransom said Harper killed his parents with a number of blows to the head with the back of an axe on the day his cat Tootie died. The court heard Harper believed his mother may have poisoned the cat. "He snapped and killed them and told friends his parents had treated him like dirt," Mr Ransom said. "He believed his mother had poisoned the cat because she laughed about it." He had then gone and smashed up his flat before re-entering the house. Full Story - MagazineLane.com - Lumber Liquidators
