A Sydney woman has been charged with murder after allegedly beheading her own mother in an attack on Saturday.
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According to News.com.au, Jessica Camilleri, 25, faced Parramatta Bail Court on Sunday charged with murder after she allegedly attacked her mum Rita Camilleri in the kitchen of their St Clair home.
Jessica allegedly decapitated her mum using several knives before dropping the 57-year-old’s head out the front of a neighbour’s home in Sydney’s west.
According to SMH.com.au, Jessica was covered in blood when she knocked on her neighbour’s door at close to midnight on Saturday.
Ali Bostani had heard screams for help moments before the knock on his door. When he answered, Ms Camilleri allegedly told him she’d just killed her mother.
Rita Camilleri’s head was lying nearby on the St Clair footpath.
“She said, ‘I need help’, I said ‘what sort of help do you need?’ She said, ‘Call the police or ambulance.’ Her face was full of blood … she said, ‘Yeah I had a fight with my mum, I killed my mum,'” he told the media on Sunday.
Several knives were allegedly used during the course of the incident, which Detective Superintendent Brett McFadden described as “one of the most significant, most horrific scenes police have had to face”.
Superintendent McFadden said the woman was fatally injured after “an argument that became violent”.
“There is no stepping away from the fact that this was horrific and a significant attack, and the injuries that the victim suffered were extensive,” he said.
Jessica was arrested at the scene and charged with murder.
During her court appearance she pleaded for medical attention at Parramatta Local Court on Sunday afternoon, when she appeared via audiovisual link from the Amber Laurel Correctional facility at Emu Plains.
“I really need medical attention … I cannot move my fingers because of the incident that happened,” she said.
“I couldn’t even wash myself properly when I had to shower to get all the blood off.”
Ms Camilleri’s lawyer told magistrate Michael Price his client suffered from “severe mental health issues”, according to the SMH.com.au report.
Attending police and paramedics are receiving support following the incident.
