David Vaughan, 30; "Oi, can I eat this fella?"
Rob Cibik
March 22, 2010
AAP
Moments after she stabbed her boyfriend to death on Christmas Day, a
NSW Central Coast woman sent a text message telling another man she
was going to eat the body because "I think he tastes good".
In the NSW Supreme Court on Monday, Tamie Melehan admitted to killing
her boyfriend, but pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of mental
illness.
David Vaughan, 30, suffered 16 stab wounds to his neck, six to his
chest and four to his abdomen during the frenzied knife attack by his
girlfriend of three months at her apartment on December 25, 2008.
An autopsy revealed his jugular veins had been slashed on both sides
of his neck and he died from those "rapidly fatal" injuries.
As her murder trial was about to begin, Melehan, 29, admitted to the
actions which caused Mr Vaughan's death, but pleaded not guilty for
reasons of mental illness.
Melehan has a long history of mental illness and was diagnosed with
paranoid schizophrenia in 2002, the court heard.
Prosecutor Michael O'Brien said that at the time Mr Vaughan was
killed, Melehan sent another man a series of text messages telling him
she missed him and inviting him over to feast on her boyfriend's
"delicate meat".
"Oi, can I eat this fella?" she said.
"I think he tastes good ... there's enough to go around if you want to
join in - no joke, delicate meat ...
"Dear me, need help to get rid of the body."
A little later she phoned her mother saying, "Can you come over and
get him before I slit his throat?"
Melehan's mother, Loretta Watts, arrived at her daughter's home to
find Mr Vaughan dead on the floor of the shower with blood gurgling
out of a slash wound in his neck.
Mr O'Brien told Justice Monika Schmidt there was ample psychiatric
evidence to support claims that Melehan was suffering "an acute
exacerbation of her chronic mental illness" and was acting in "a
delusional way" at the time of the attack.
"The crown submits on the evidence that is before your honour, your
honour would make a finding that the accused is not guilty of the
offence within the grounds of mental illness," he said.
Justice Schmidt adjourned proceedings and is expected to give her
decision soon.
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/woman-invited-guest-to-eat-partner-20100322-qpy3.html
Matthew Kruk
news:07b500c6-a9e6-46de...@g19g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
> Woman 'invited guest to eat partner'
I see no mention of fava beans and Chianti.
Rob Cibik
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> > Woman 'invited guest to eat partner'
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> I see no mention of fava beans and Chianti.
it's obvious she isn't sophisticated, texting a dinner invite!
MWB
LOL
These late night food posts make me hungry
GO RED SOX NATION
Mark
Corby Gilmore
being fro NSW, she would have been ore likely to select a nice Hunter
Valley Cabernet, but Chianti works too I suppose.