Woman killed to protect her baby

A PREGNANT American woman who killed the attacker police believe was after her unborn child, said yesterday her reaction was based on maternal instinct.

Sarah Brady, who is nine months pregnant, struck the woman on the head with an ash tray and stabbed her three times with her own knife, police said.

Detectives believe 22-year-old Katherine Smith intended to murder Brady and then snatch the unborn child from her womb when she lured her into her Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, apartment.