WOMAN SLASHED THROAT OF HER GOOD SAMARITAN

A WOMAN slashed the throat of a Good Samaritan then stabbed her teenage son in the head when he tried to stop the attack, a court heard.

Molly Hannah Burton was found in a drunken state by the mother and son, who took pity on her and took her back to their home in Wigston.

But Burton suddenly developed an irrational fear she was in danger and picked up a kitchen knife.

She used it to slash the throat of the mother who had helped her from behind, severing her trachea.

And when her 15-year-old son tried to stop the attack, she rained down a flurry of blows and stabbed him in the head. The blade of the knife was later found to have gone eight centimetres into his brain.

The horrifying attacks, which happened during the first coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday, April 15 last year, were witnessed by a nine-year-old boy.

Burton, of Oxford Street, Shepshed, fled and the emergency services were called to the scene.

However, a member of the public telephoned police to say a distressed woman was trying to enter a house in nearby Garden Street. Officers were deployed and Burton was detained.

Both her victims needed emergency surgery at the Queen’s Medical Centre, in Nottingham, and Burton was charged with two counts of attempted murder, which she denied.

But at Leicester Crown Court last week, the prosecution accepted her guilty pleas to two alternate offences of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent.

At an earlier hearing, Burton’s barrister Clare Wade QC said that the defendant had a “psychiatric history” and a report

CROOKS are trying to cash in with a new coronavirus vaccination text scam.

Criminals are sending out messages telling people they are eligible to apply for a jab.

But the bogus texts contain a link to a fake NHS website that asks for personal details and bank and payment card details to check their identity.

The police and health bosses have said the NHS will not ask for bank details via a text.

A spokesman for the West Leicestershire clinical commissioning group said: “Criminals are taking advantage of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.

“The text contains a link that leads to a fake NHS website asking for your bank details to ‘check identity’.

“Please warn friends and family of this scam text.”

There have also been some reports of cold callers contacting elderly people asking them to pay for their dose which is actually free on the NHS.

Anyone who gets such a call is being advised to hang up immediately.

People are being reminded that they will be contacted directly by their surgeries when their turn comes to have the vaccine.