Alzheimer's victim battered to death by her granddaughter for inheritance
- added May 16, 2008
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Frail and suffering from Alzheimer's disease, 76-yearold widow Annie Garbutt desperately needed the support of her family.
Instead, however, her granddaughter beat her to death with a spade when she feared the old lady's savings would all be spent on care.
Joanne Hussey, 33, had already used some of Mrs Garbutt's cash to pay for cosmetic work on her teeth and hair.
Alzheimer's sufferer Annie Garbutt was mudered by her own granddaughter with a spade. Her skull was shattered in the attack and her breast bone and ribs broken
But when the social services decided Mrs Garbutt needed to go into a residential home Hussey was worried she would lose the rest of her inheritance.
Yesterday the granddaughter was facing a life sentence after being convicted of murder at Leeds Crown Court. The jury rejected her claim that voices in her head told her to attack Mrs Garbutt.
Instead, however, her granddaughter beat her to death with a spade when she feared the old lady's savings would all be spent on care.
Joanne Hussey, 33, had already used some of Mrs Garbutt's cash to pay for cosmetic work on her teeth and hair.
Alzheimer's sufferer Annie Garbutt was mudered by her own granddaughter with a spade. Her skull was shattered in the attack and her breast bone and ribs broken
But when the social services decided Mrs Garbutt needed to go into a residential home Hussey was worried she would lose the rest of her inheritance.
Yesterday the granddaughter was facing a life sentence after being convicted of murder at Leeds Crown Court. The jury rejected her claim that voices in her head told her to attack Mrs Garbutt.
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