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| A mother accused of murdering her disabled son has described in court how she told him that she loved him before administering a heroin overdose. | A mother accused of murdering her disabled son has described in court how she told him that she loved him before administering a heroin overdose. |
| Frances Inglis, 57, of Dagenham, Essex, denies murdering Thomas Inglis, 22, on 21 November 2008 and an earlier attempt to kill him on 4 September 2007. | Frances Inglis, 57, of Dagenham, Essex, denies murdering Thomas Inglis, 22, on 21 November 2008 and an earlier attempt to kill him on 4 September 2007. |
| Mr Inglis was fatally injected with heroin at his Hertfordshire care home. | Mr Inglis was fatally injected with heroin at his Hertfordshire care home. |
| The Old Bailey jury heard she injected his arm and thighs after saying: "Everything's going to be fine." | The Old Bailey jury heard she injected his arm and thighs after saying: "Everything's going to be fine." |
| I asked myself what Tom would want. He wouldn't have wanted to live like this Frances Inglis | |
| She was giving evidence about the moment she allegedly attempted to murder her son Tom in September 2007 in a bid to end his suffering. | She was giving evidence about the moment she allegedly attempted to murder her son Tom in September 2007 in a bid to end his suffering. |
| The Old Bailey has heard that Ms Inglis went on to succeed in killing the 22-year-old in November 2008. | The Old Bailey has heard that Ms Inglis went on to succeed in killing the 22-year-old in November 2008. |
| His mother said: "I held him, told him I loved him, told him everything was going to be fine, took the syringe, and I injected him in his thigh and his arm. | His mother said: "I held him, told him I loved him, told him everything was going to be fine, took the syringe, and I injected him in his thigh and his arm. |
| "Then he went to sleep. He was at peace. I stayed with him." | "Then he went to sleep. He was at peace. I stayed with him." |
| 'Peaceful death' | |
| The defendant said she was convinced that the doctor treating her son at Queens Hospital in Romford, Essex, was lying about his chances of recovery. | The defendant said she was convinced that the doctor treating her son at Queens Hospital in Romford, Essex, was lying about his chances of recovery. |
| He was left helpless after suffering severe head injuries when he fell out of an ambulance in July 2007, the jury has heard. | He was left helpless after suffering severe head injuries when he fell out of an ambulance in July 2007, the jury has heard. |
| Ms Inglis said: "I knew I had to help him. I asked myself what Tom would want. He wouldn't have wanted to live like this. | Ms Inglis said: "I knew I had to help him. I asked myself what Tom would want. He wouldn't have wanted to live like this. |
| "I asked myself what I would want. I would want someone to love me enough to help me die. | "I asked myself what I would want. I would want someone to love me enough to help me die. |
| "That's why I thought heroin - a painless, peaceful death." | "That's why I thought heroin - a painless, peaceful death." |
| Ms Inglis told the court she had started to research her son's condition on the internet within days of his accident. | |
| She also claimed she had to beg hospital staff to give him some relief for his "terrible pain". | |
| 'Horror and pain' | |
| Ms Inglis, who said she used to visit her son twice a day, was asked by her barrister Sasha Wass QC about the "encouraging" prognosis described by consultant surgeon Ragu Vindlacheruvu. | |
| He had suggested "that Tom would be running his own business, walking, talking, independent, totally opposed to what everyone else had said and what I had seen with my own eyes", said the defendant. | |
| "All I saw was horror, pain and tragedy," she said. | |
| She added: "I knew that Dr Vindlacheruvu was lying." | |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |