A judge has ruled that a mother who stabbed to death her seven children and a niece in northern Australia in 2014 will not stand trial for murder because she was suffering cannabis-induced schizophrenia when she lost control. Raina Thaiday stabbed herself 35 times after killing the children, aged 2 to 14, at her home in Cairns on December 19. The Queensland state Mental Health Court ruled a month ago that the then-37-year-old Thaiday had been of “unsound mind” when she killed the children.
That ruling was made public on Thursday. She will be held indefinitely in a high-security ward of a psychiatric hospital in the state capital Brisbane and will not be allowed to leave the hospital grounds unescorted. Deputies remove alligator from Florida swimming pool Sheriff’s deputies were called to a Florida home to remove an alligator found taking a nice springtime swim in the resident’s backyard pool.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said two deputies responded Monday to a home in the Cedar Cove subdivision of Winter Haven on a report of an alligator in a swimming pool. Sgt. Beebe and Deputy Barber arrived to find the small gator practicing its strokes in the water. “Today, this guy (or could be a girl?) decided to go swimming in Cedar Cove (Winter Haven) but since it’s #WaterSafetyMonth Sgt. Beebe and Deputy Barber responded to make the pool safe again,” the sheriff’s office said. “Wel,l they would have responded in any other month, it was just convenient to use that hashtag #welovehashtags #justkeepswimming #PCSOgatorremovalservice #welivehere.
