The defence say Miss Pearson and her mother suffered from a syndrome called folie a deux which meant the older woman was the dominant figure in the relationship and Miss Pearson therefore had a reduced capacity to appreciate the risk to her mother's health or the conditions they lived in.

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Miss Pearson told the court her mother had not left their house since her husband died in 2001 and mainly stayed in bed.

BBC: Angela Pearson had 'no idea' mother would die

Police did not take a statement from Miss Cowles until three years later, when her mother wrote to the chief constable after watching a police appeal for a red car.

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The defendant wrongly believed that Miss Schofield, the mother of two young boys, was having an affair with her partner Steve Clarkson, Miss Schofield told the court.

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Mr Nowak told the court he had rung Miss Wells-Burr's mother Jane when her daughter had failed to turn up to work.

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He told the court Mr Nowak had become upset when Miss Wells-Burr had a heated telephone conversation with her mother, something that prompted the factory worker to believe his partner was going to leave him.

BBC: Catherine Wells-Burr

Miss Widdecombe must have disappointed supporters when she suggested she would leave politics to care for her mother.

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Mr Speight, who has been staying with Miss Collins' mother since the death, was reported missing when he failed to meet her for coffee in Covent Garden at 1530 BST on Monday.

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Miss O'Callaghan's body was formally identified by Pete Shawe, the partner of her mother Elaine.

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Miss District of Columbia plans to undergo a preventive double mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer, which killed her mother and grandmother.

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