Woman held knife to mother’s throat, court hears

A mentally-ill woman held a knife to her elderly mother’s throat in a fit of jealousy after she found out her successful sister was coming home from Canada, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

Carol Sanders, aged 50, formerly of Ralahine, Ballybrack, Co Dublin told her mother, “you have to die”, during the attack at the home they shared in Ballybrack on November 24, 2015.

Sanders, an alcoholic who suffers from a personality disorder, pleaded guilty to producing a weapon in a manner likely to intimidate her mother, Mary Sanders. Two other charges of producing a weapon, and an assault charge, were taken into account by the court.