Queensland woman who tried to smother father in aged care says he begged her to ‘please just kill me’
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#61A8W)
Rebecca Louise Burden pleads guilty to attempted murder but tells court she believes I am a good person who made a grave mistake'
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The first time Rebecca Louise Burden was allowed to visit her father after Covid restrictions lifted at his aged care home, she tried to smother him with a cushion.
Burden has told a court her lapse of judgment" came after her 68-year-old father - who had a brain injury and severe dementia - asked her to please just kill me".
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