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Carer who 'couldn't go on' not guilty of mother's murder
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- Laura Jones,Bristol Crown Courtand Kirsten Robertson,Wiltshire Wiltshire Police Stefania Glowka called police on Christmas Day to say she had killed her mother.
- Stefania Glowka, 64, had denied murdering Tamara Glowka, 86, at their home in Devizes in Wiltshire on Christmas Day in 2025, but pleaded guilty to manslaughter based on diminished responsibility.
- The defence argued Stefania's depression had substantially impaired her ability to make rational judgements on the night she strangled her mother with a belt before trying to take her own life.
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Laura Jones,Bristol Crown Courtand Kirsten Robertson,Wiltshire Wiltshire Police Stefania Glowka called police on Christmas Day to say she had killed her mother. A woman has been found not guilty of murdering her elderly mother after deciding she "couldn't go on" looking after her.
Stefania Glowka, 64, had denied murdering Tamara Glowka, 86, at their home in Devizes in Wiltshire on Christmas Day in 2025, but pleaded guilty to manslaughter based on diminished responsibility.
The defence argued Stefania's depression had substantially impaired her ability to make rational judgements on the night she strangled her mother with a belt before trying to take her own life.
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