‘I don’t love you as much as I used to’: What mother, 66, told daughter, 38, before repeatedly stabbing her leaving her with a collapsed lung and broken ribIrene Forrester, 66, pounced on Linda Ann Forrester, 38, at their flat in GlasgowShe told her she was going to ‘put her out of her misery’ before stabbing herForrester now faces jail after pleading guilty to assaulting to her severe injuryBy Sophie Law For Mailonline Published: 16:32 EDT, 8 October 2019 | Updated: 03:31 EDT, 9 October 2019 Irene Forrester (pictured), 66, pounced on Linda Ann Forrester, 38, at their flat in Partick, Glasgow, in January, leaving her with a collapsed lung and broken ribA retired nurse repeatedly knifed her daughter after she told her she ‘didn’t love her as much as she used to’, a court heard.Irene Forrester, 66, pounced on Linda Ann Forrester, 38, at their flat in Partick, Glasgow, in January, leaving her with a collapsed lung and broken rib. She had told her daughter she was going to ‘put her out of her misery’ before stabbing her four times with a kitchen knife.Forrester now faces jail after pleading guilty to assaulting her daughter to her severe injury and danger of life. The pair had been at Forrester’s home when she suddenly blurted out that she no longer had the same love for her daughter.Linda Ann announced she was going to bed and said she did not want to speak to her mum.But prosecutor Lorri Pidgeon told the court her mother returned a short time later brandishing a kitchen knife.’She told her daughter that she was going to put her out her misery and stabbed her four times,’ she said.A wounded Linda Ann managed to escape the flat and get into her car before calling an ambulance.Her mum also dialled, 999 stating: ‘I stabbed my daughter. I hope she is not dead. I’m very sorry. A wounded Linda Ann managed to escape the flat and get into her car before calling an ambulance’She will be dead. I am guilty. It is so bad.’The pensioner was later held by police, who found the knife at the flat.She told officers: ‘I did it. I did not want to do it, but sometimes enough is enough.’Linda Ann suffered wounds to her back, hip and arms. She was fortunately able to leave hospital days later.Forrester’s lawyer Neil Stewart said: ‘She believes this is an extremely serious matter.’She acted disproportionately, but was at the end of her tether with her daughter.’No further explanation was given in court.Sheriff Alan MacKenzie continued Forrester’s bail meantime.But, he told her: ‘Custody is at the forefront of my thinking due to the gravity of the offence.’She will be sentenced at Glasgow Sheriff Court next month.
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‘I don’t love you as much as I used to’: What mother, 66, told daughter, 38, before stabbing her
