A woman is on trial for murder after she strangled her elderly mother with a belt on Christmas Day, having been her sole carer for 17 years, then called emergency services to confess before being arrested from an ambulance.

Stefania Glowka, 64, a retired vet, strangled her 86-year-old mother Tamara Glowka with a belt on Christmas Day 2025 at their flat in Keepers Road, Devizes, Wiltshire, after 17 years as her sole carer, then tried to kill herself by stabbing her stomach and neck with a scalpel but failed, leading to a 999 call where she calmly said 'Good morning - I just killed my mother'; she admits manslaughter but denies murder on grounds of diminished responsibility at Bristol Crown Court.