A PRIVATE school pupil killed his mum after stabbing her 118 times and then called 999 to tell cops to “bring a body bag”, an inquest heard today.
At 12.45pm on July 1 last year, Thompson called 999 in a "calm, unemotional and quite ordinary manner" and said "I've just killed my mum."In October, Thompson was found dead aged 18 while in custody at a secure mental health facility - just four days before he was due to stand trial accused of murdering his mother.
Thompson, who had changed his name from Ben after declaring he had "no gender", had previously been admitted to mental health hospitals following a suicide attempt and suffered depressive bouts. He added: "She's not breathing. Bring a body bag or whatever you do. I'm 99.9 per cent sure she's not breathing."I started strangling her, she fell to the floor. I strangled her a bit more and stopped then I kept my hands around her.He also told the 999 operator he "put the knives in the dishwasher just in case".Thompson's father today said what his son did "tore him apart" because he "loved his mum to bits".
His dad said Thompson had "gender identity issues" and identified as non-binary but was placed into a unit which "segregated boys and girls", making his issues worse."What he did tore him apart, he loved his mum to bits. He knew what happened was wrong, he couldn't remember it to his dying day but he knew it was wrong.