Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard.Janet Blore, 54, was in bed when her son stabbed her twice in the back and once in the neck with a steak knife from the kitchen of the home they shared.He then called the emergency services and told them his mother was dying, the hearing was told.Blore had admitted at an earlier hearing wounding his mother with intent to cause her grievous bodily harm.He had denied attempting to murder her a plea which had been accepted by the prosecution.Mr Philip Beardwell, prosecuting, told the court Blore suffered from Asperger’s Syndrome and Tourettes.He said Mrs Blore gave her son £10 on the day of the attack to join a gym and buy some food but instead he bought vodka and cider.Mr Beardwell said: “Mrs Blore went to bed at around 9pm and the defendant walked straight into her room and in his hand was a kitchen knife. This defendant approached his mother and stabbed her twice in the back.
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