Man jailed for five years after stabbing his mother

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 18 Oct, 06:08 · Archive

Michael Brits, 27, was jailed for five years after repeatedly stabbing his mother with a knife at their Bicester home.

Michael Brits, 27, has been sentenced to five years in jail for stabbing his mother repeatedly during a 'frenzied' attack at their home in Fair Close, Bicester, on 27 March. His mother, Deborah Brits, suffered stab wounds to her hand, stomach and right leg. She ran screaming into the street and sought help from a neighbour, who took her to hospital.

Following a week-long trial at Oxford Crown Court that concluded on 17 August, Brits was found guilty of wounding with intent, but not guilty of attempted murder. He was also found guilty of threatening a person with an offensive weapon relating to his neighbour, and admitted to being in possession of a knife. The attack involved a sharpened knife that had previously been crafted by his late father.

Before the attack, Brits was speaking to his brother on the phone in a 'garbled' way and described his mother as an 'apostate', meaning a person who abandons their religion. In police footage recorded in hospital, Deborah Brits said her son had come down the stairs and was 'very tearful' before the attack.

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• Man who stabbed his own mum while naked in 'frenzied' attack jailedA man who repeatedly stabbed his own mother while naked in a 'frenzied' attack has been jailed for five years by Oxford Crown Court.Oxford Mail · 17 Oct, 05:00
• Man who stabbed his own mum while naked in 'frenzied' attack jailedA man who repeatedly stabbed his own mother while naked in a 'frenzied' attack has been jailed for five years by Oxford Crown Court.Oxfordshire Guardian · 17 Oct, 05:00

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