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'Breaking Bad' plot: Kuntal Patel led 'fantasy life' | 'Breaking Bad' plot: Kuntal Patel led 'fantasy life' |
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A woman who allegedly poisoned her mother in a murder plot inspired by the TV series Breaking Bad told a court she imagined herself in the show. | A woman who allegedly poisoned her mother in a murder plot inspired by the TV series Breaking Bad told a court she imagined herself in the show. |
Kuntal Patel, 37, confessed she fantasised about killing her magistrate mother Meena after she "forbade" her to marry her boyfriend, Niraj Kakad. | Kuntal Patel, 37, confessed she fantasised about killing her magistrate mother Meena after she "forbade" her to marry her boyfriend, Niraj Kakad. |
Ms Patel said she contacted an American poisons dealer using "the dark web". | Ms Patel said she contacted an American poisons dealer using "the dark web". |
She said she talked about needing a "tasteless" and deadly toxin to get her mother "out of the way". | She said she talked about needing a "tasteless" and deadly toxin to get her mother "out of the way". |
But Breaking Bad-obsessed Patel said the emails were a "fantasy" in which she imagined herself as a character in the American TV series. | But Breaking Bad-obsessed Patel said the emails were a "fantasy" in which she imagined herself as a character in the American TV series. |
'A big mess' | 'A big mess' |
In the series, teacher-turned-drug lord Walter White spikes a rival's drink with deadly ricin. | In the series, teacher-turned-drug lord Walter White spikes a rival's drink with deadly ricin. |
Giving evidence at Southwark Crown Court, Ms Patel said: "It was like I saw myself to be some kind of Mexican drug warlord. I would think it through as if I was the main character in Breaking Bad. | Giving evidence at Southwark Crown Court, Ms Patel said: "It was like I saw myself to be some kind of Mexican drug warlord. I would think it through as if I was the main character in Breaking Bad. |
"It was all a big mess. A complete and utter mess." | "It was all a big mess. A complete and utter mess." |
Ms Patel admitted she emailed poisons dealer Jesse Korff in America to demand deadly toxins. | Ms Patel admitted she emailed poisons dealer Jesse Korff in America to demand deadly toxins. |
In one email sent last December, she told how something had "gone wrong" as the "target drank all" of the poison but was still alive. | In one email sent last December, she told how something had "gone wrong" as the "target drank all" of the poison but was still alive. |
But Ms Patel insisted the emails were just a way of her coping with her abusive home life and depression - and she never poisoned her mother. | But Ms Patel insisted the emails were just a way of her coping with her abusive home life and depression - and she never poisoned her mother. |
She said: "By this time, because of the messages I received from my mum and because I couldn't cope with it and I wanted to escape from it all, I started to fantasise about trying to kill myself or my mum. | She said: "By this time, because of the messages I received from my mum and because I couldn't cope with it and I wanted to escape from it all, I started to fantasise about trying to kill myself or my mum. |
"It was as if I was thinking through it as if I was in my own TV programme or a character in Breaking Bad. | "It was as if I was thinking through it as if I was in my own TV programme or a character in Breaking Bad. |
"I was in a really strange place in my mind." | "I was in a really strange place in my mind." |
'Wanted her dead' | |
It is claimed Ms Patel got deadly abrin sent to her hidden in a candle and slipped it to her mother in her Diet Coke. | It is claimed Ms Patel got deadly abrin sent to her hidden in a candle and slipped it to her mother in her Diet Coke. |
When it did not work, she allegedly begged the poison dealer for another, stronger dose. | When it did not work, she allegedly begged the poison dealer for another, stronger dose. |
But Ms Patel claims she freaked out when she saw the candle and threw it away. | But Ms Patel claims she freaked out when she saw the candle and threw it away. |
Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay confronted Ms Patel with the emails she sent her friends, claiming they showed she was "growing to hate" her mother and "wanted her dead". | Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay confronted Ms Patel with the emails she sent her friends, claiming they showed she was "growing to hate" her mother and "wanted her dead". |
Ms Patel replied: "There may have been instances where I did, but in the same breath I also had sympathy and I also did love her." | Ms Patel replied: "There may have been instances where I did, but in the same breath I also had sympathy and I also did love her." |
Mr Polnay said she only admitted she had thought about murdering her mother with poison because she was "busted" by officers. | |
He said: "The truth is, to be with the man you loved you couldn't see any other way but to knock off your mum." | |
He added: "I suggest this Breaking Bad fantasy is one last desperate roll of the dice; the last story after all the other lies had been uncovered." | |
But Ms Patel said: "The truth is, I could never hurt myself or my mother." | |
She denies trying to murder her mother - who sits on the bench at Thames Magistrates' Court - and acquiring a biological agent or toxin. | |
She has admitted two counts of attempting to acquire a biological agent or toxin last December. | |
The case continues. | The case continues. |