Schizophrenic mother who killed daughter given hospital order
Updated: 19:49 BST, 25 October 2024
A schizophrenic mother who stabbed her daughter 11 times in the chest as she slept has been given an indefinite hospital order.
Jaskirat Kaur, 33, believed she was being targeted by 'lasers and technology' when she killed 10-year-old Shay Kang with a Swiss Army knife earlier this year.
The Year 5 pupil had been playing with other children outside their home in Rowley Regis, West Midlands, just hours before she was killed on March 4.
Kaur called 999 after stabbing her daughter in the chest and told West Midlands Police: 'My kid is dead.'
She pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility in August and was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order at Wolverhampton Crown Court today.
When police arrived at their home after the 999 call, the mother-of-one told them she had had 'projections coming in and out' of their home, with 'tech and lasers and stuff', adding: 'It was me (that killed her) because I didn't want her getting took by it.'
Those in the public gallery sobbed as graphic details of the moment Kaur killed her daughter were read out to the court.
She admitted she had wanted to kill her daughter for the past seven months, telling detectives during interview: 'They can't adopt her, they can't take her. It's not going to make sense, but to me it does.
'I was worried about Shay growing up. I knew that there needed to be an end date.
'I would kill her again. I wanted her to die, I don't regret it.'
Prosecutor Sally Howes KC told the court concerns had been raised about Shay's welfare after she failed to attend Brickhouse Primary School for nine months between December 2022 and September 2023.
Kaur, also known as Jasmine Kang, called police on January 11 last year and asked if she could speak to officers on a secure line and requested they were discreet when they arrived at her home.
During the time between the call and police arriving at her home, Brickhouse Primary School also called police requesting a safe and well check on Shay as she had not attended.
When officers arrived at their home, the curtains were drawn and they noted Kaur appeared to be suffering from paranoia, although Shay was 'contented and willing to chat'.