A Sydney cleaner admitted she killed her 92-year-old shopper in a frenzied assault however stated she's solely responsible of manslaughter as a result of she "blacked out" and may't keep in mind a factor.
Hanny Papanicolaou stated she would not keep in mind bashing Marjorie Welsh together with her personal strolling stick after arriving at her Ashbury residence, in Sydney's Internal West, on a day she was not rostered to scrub in January 2019.
She additionally stated she has no reminiscence of stabbing Mrs Welsh with a kitchen knife or smashing her over the top with crockery.
Mrs Welsh died from her accidents six weeks after she was attacked her kitchen.
Right now Ms Papanicolaou instructed a NSW Supreme Court docket jury that every one she remembers is waking up in a pool of blood and seeing Mrs Welsh's physique on the bottom after she was "woken up" by an alarm.
"I get up surrounding by blood, I get up surrounding by knife,' she stated within the witness field.
"Marj was in entrance of the fridge with numerous blood… I simply seize the fabric and I simply run.
"I simply wish to see my son… I used to be in shock I did not know what was occurring."
When requested why she attacked her shopper she stated: "I do not know .. every single day I asking myself … I do not know."
Her statements of reminiscence loss had been at odds with what she instructed police in an interview following her arrest.
Throughout a three-hour interview she instructed officers she acted in self-defence after Mrs Welsh accused her of stealing $50 and pulled a knife on her.
"I attempt to get knife … I used to be kicking her … and I then I simply say, 'give it to me give it to me'," Ms Papanicolaou stated in an interview room at Sutherland police station.
"She tried to rise up and she or he hit her head into the fridge," she stated earlier than stating Mrs Welsh fell on damaged crockery.
The 38-year-old admitted she gambled till the early hours of January 2, 2019 at Canterbury-Hurlstone RSL earlier than driving to Mrs Welsh's Ashbury residence.
It is the Crown case she went to Mrs Welsh's Holden Road residence to steal cash – considering she was away - however attacked her when after realising she was residence.
She admitted to finishing up the assault however denied rummaging by means of the home for money, regardless of leaving a blood smear on the within of Mrs Welsh's cabinet.
Beneath cross examination Crown prosecutor Chris Taylor requested: "You killed Marjorie Welsh did not you?"
"Sure, I plead responsible for manslaughter," Ms Papanicolaou replied.
"You beat Mrs Welsh together with her personal strolling stick?" Mr Taylor requested.
"I do not know," she replied.
"You are pretending that you've got forgotten that you just beat and stabbed Mrs Welsh. You are pretending, aren't you?" he requested.
"No," she stated.
Mr Taylor went on to ask: "You heard Mrs Welsh cry out 'Why Hanny, why'."
A sobbing Ms Papanicolaou responded: "I used to be remembering she say 'go go'… my hand has blood and knife … I used to be black out.'"
She instructed the court docket greater than 100 instances "I do not know" and "I do not keep in mind" in relation to questions over the assault she stated she has no reminiscence of, however at instances regained partial recall.
When requested if she pulled out a knife from the draw she stated: "No."
The trial continues.