Son Who Impersonated Mother To Hide Her Death Jailed

A man who dressed like his mother to deceive and prevent people from finding out that he killed his mum has been jailed.

The Daily Mail reports

A cross-dressingg Psycho-style killer who killed his mother in a frenzied attack has been jailed for life. Emmanuel Kalejaiye, 22, stabbed his mother, Tolu Kalejaiya, more than 40 times at their home in Wickford, Essex, in September 2013. He then dressed up in a women’s tracksuit to try and fool neighours into thinking she was still alive, the court heard.

“I admit killing my mother by stabbing her. I did this because she subjected me to a lifetime of physical and mental abuse. She used the Bible to rationalize what she did to me. I believe she manipulated and brainwashed me. I have been very depressed for a long time. I have tried to overcome it but I couldn’t take it anymore”, he told cops when interrogated.

A jury found the Essex University student not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility, due to mental health issues after a trial in April last year.

He has since been in a secure hospital for psychiatric assessment to decide whether his mental condition rendered him a danger to the public. The case returned to court, and he was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 15 years and three months.

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Judge Christopher Ball QC said: ‘This was an horrific killing. You drew up plans to kill her, over weeks, if not months, and to dispose of the body.’ The judge added that mental illness played a part in the killing and said Kalejaiye would receive treatment in jail.