A COVENTRY man who stabbed his mother to death has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Unemployed Thomas Westwood of Rosemary Close in Tile Hill was arrested after police were called to his mother’s address in Cavendish Road, Coventry, on Friday December 1 last year.
His mother, 68-year-old Susan Westwood, was found with multiple stab wounds.
Westwood was arrested at the scene and claimed an argument had erupted after he made a cup of tea for his mother which was “not milky enough”.
The 46-year-old claimed his mother had been bullying him every day and was to blame for initiating the knife attack.
He said she had described her attacking him with the knife first.
A post mortem examination found that Susan Westwood died as a result of 17 stab wounds and today, on the first day of his trial, Westwood admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Remembering the much loved woman, Susan’s family said: “We as a family have been left devastated and heartbroken at the loss of Susan.
“She was a loving mum, nan, sister, auntie and friend who will be missed so much.
“She was a kind, funny, generous warm loving person. She did not deserve to lose her life in the most cruellest of ways.
“To lose someone in your life is bad enough, but for Susan to be killed by someone she loved and supported endlessly is the cruellest blow. Someone she trusted and loved. This is beyond our comprehension.
“No family imagines ever having to go through such a traumatic event in their lives. We now have to face reality and realise Susan is never coming back to us. A big hole is left in our hearts that will never be filled.
“We pray she rests in peace now.”
Thomas Westwood is due to be sentenced on Friday, August 3 at Leamington Justice Centre.
