Mother appeals severity of sentence for stabbing man to death during psychotic episode

Counsel submitted that a person could not have a more severe mental disorder than that which afflicted Christina Anderson

Christina Anderson was sentenced earlier this year to 11 years in prison with the final three suspended for four years.

A mother-of-three who stabbed a man to death outside her home during a psychotic episode has appealed the severity of her sentence.

Christina Anderson was sentenced earlier this year to 11 years in prison with the final three suspended for four years. Anderson could serve those three years in prison if she does not comply with conditions set down by the probation services and with all medication and therapy recommendations made by her treatment team.