Sentenced: ' Your Life Sentence Is Living With The Knowledge That You Killed Your Own Son '

[Sugar Cookie]

A schizophrenic mother who had no memory of stabbing her five-year-old son to death will spend the rest of her life in a mental hospital.

Emma Jackson, 41, knifed her son Tyler Warmington 13 times in his chest and back as he slept in his bed in Faringdon, Oxfordshire.

His death was only uncovered when he failed to turn up to school and a member of staff went to the family home to discover the horrific scene.

Jackson told police officers he was upstairs sleeping, but they found him covered in blood under a duvet, Oxford Crown Court heard.

She was yesterday sentenced to indefinitely remain at a mental institution after admitting manslaughter by diminished responsibility.

Judge Ian Pringle QC ruled the fatal stabbing of Tyler had been the result of Jackson's paranoid schizophrenia, after she had stopped taking anti-depressants.

He said: 'Were it not for the paranoid schizophrenia in this case the offence would never have been near to being committed.

'Your life sentence is living with the knowledge that you killed your own son.'

When police community support officer Arthur Gunn arrived at the address, Jackson opened the door covered in blood with cuts to her wrists and neck.

When asked where her son Tyler was, she told police he was sleeping upstairs, and was not able to confirm the last time she had checked on him.

When more officers attended they discovered Tyler dead in an upstairs bedroom partially covered by a duvet, with 13 stab wounds on his chest and back.

Prosecutor Alan Blake said that there had been evidence of severe force in the blows.

Jackson repeatedly asked officers at the scene if Tyler was still sleeping, the court heard. She was arrested and then treated at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-life-mental-hospital-stabbing-son-death.html

 

[tmdgirl]

So sad Poor sweet boy....I'm not even sure what to say to this one.

On the one hand, bitch needs jail time for what she did. On the other hand, if she's really mentally ill, her guilt is going to eat her alive when she's on the right meds and she comes to terms with what she did.

 

[Brillig]

I have more sympathy for those who have not yet been diagnosed with schizophrenia and commit a crime. This woman knew she had it, knew she needed to stay on medication, but stopped taking it anyway (as so many do). She made a choice and this is the consequence.

 

[lithiumgirl]

This woman knew she had it, knew she needed to stay on medication, but stopped taking it anyway (as so many do). She made a choice and this is the consequence.

I agree that there are consequences, but I think the responsibility lies with her doctor. You're right lot's of people begin to feel well and then stop taking their medication ... community safety orders can be obtained to address this, and perhaps should be standard practice for those afflicted ... especially if they're parents. Perhaps she shouldn't have been given the choice.

What a cutie ... that he was found under a duvet made me sad, because from here it looks like his comfort was a priority for her.

 

[Brillig]

I agree that there are consequences, but I think the responsibility lies with her doctor.

I disagree. A doctor can't follow every patient around 24/7 to make sure they take their meds. The doctors job is to diagnose and prescribe.

You're right lot's of people begin to feel well and then stop taking their medication ...

I agree. Far, far too many do this. The problem is, they are not feeling better because their schizophrenia has magically disappeared forever, they are feeling better BECAUSE they are taking the needed medication.

community safety orders can be obtained to address this, and perhaps should be standard practice for those afflicted ... especially if they're parents.

Those orders should be easier to get, and I think the majority of schizophrenics should have them.

Perhaps she shouldn't have been given the choice.

THIS! She should not have had a choice about taking her meds. I truly believe this is a large part of the solution.

 

[Sejanus]

What a sweet little tyke he was.
This one really hit me badly.
Frankly leave her in the hospital, but put her in a state where her mind remains fogged.
Bringing the reality of this to her won't do anything if she truly is that out of it, it would simply be cruelty for cruelty sake.

 

[lithiumgirl]

I disagree. A doctor can't follow every patient around 24/7 to make sure they take their meds. The doctors job is to diagnose and prescribe.

You're talking like people that are not complaint with their medication ARE NOT routinely picked up by police and escorted to pharmacies for their injections, when in all actuality this happens everyday. You're correct in its not the doctors job, because its a team effort between doctors, pharmacies and law enforcement and the patient and sometimes the courts. There is already a system in place ... it just needs to be utilised more often.
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What a sweet little tyke he was.
This one really hit me badly.
Frankly leave her in the hospital, but put her in a state where her mind remains fogged.
Bringing the reality of this to her won't do anything if she truly is that out of it, it would simply be cruelty for cruelty sake.

she'll probably commit suicide ... the judge said she had to live with this for the rest of her life ... but ultimately she get to determine how long that sentence really is.

 

[Ripley]

Bringing the reality of this to her won't do anything if she truly is that out of it, it would simply be cruelty for cruelty sake.

You’re nicer than I am. It shouldn’t even be the responsibility of law enforcement to forcefully bring people in to be medicated. A better system would be a mental health worker visiting daily with the meds. If they refuse to take them, the kid goes off to Grandma’s or foster care. Do it enough times, permanently lose custody— kids need stability.

 

[JackBurton]

That dog is awesome. Looks like the dog from the comic strip Get Fuzzy(look it up, life changing).

Hope the dog is okay. Any word on where it is now?

Anyways, this woman should be put in prison. Even if the murder was a result of her nutbagggery, she had formerly made the conscious decision to stop taking her meds, meds she knew she needed to control said nutbaggery. It's akin to giving a loaded gun to a child. Sure, the child may not be able to be blamed if it slaughters somebody, but the person who created that dangerous situation should.

No different when nutters stop taking meds. They should be charged for that.

Who else was in this womans life? Was there a husband, other relatives? Surely someone should have known what a danger she was. Why was she permitted to be alone with the child in the first place?

It disgusts me how easy going people are towards nutcases, society lets them get away with far too much.

 

[lithiumgirl]

It shouldn’t even be the responsibility of law enforcement to forcefully bring people in to be medicated. A better system would be a mental health worker visiting daily with the meds.

There is a system already in place via community safety orders ... Law enforcement enforces them. And by enforce I mean, they pick you up where ever they find you and they deliver you to the pharmacy for your injection. And most people are compliant because they're taking their meds and over all feel well. Having a worker visit every day doesn't make economical sence, and the injections are given weekly or bi weekly so daily visits would be totally unnecessary.

 

[notchback]

That dog is awesome. Looks like the dog from the comic strip Get Fuzzy(look it up, life changing).

Finally something we agree on. Get Fuzzy is the best strip out there.

http://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy