Man Brutally Rapes Mum to DeathAfter Getting High on Cocaine (Photo)

A son raped and murdered his own mother during a
chilling torture session in her bedroom, a court has
heard.
Alexander McDonald was previously described as ‘laid-
back and gentle’ but jurors were told he killed his
mother by stabbing and strangling her after getting
into a state of "sexual excitement”.
Restaurant worker McDonald, 27, denies murdering his
57-year-old mother Catherine but admits
manslaugther.
Exeter Crown Court heard he got drunk during a wine
tasting session at work and then snorted cocaine
before returning to his mother's home in Norton
Fitzwarren near Taunton, Somerset, late one night last
September.
The jury heard he exchanged some sexualised texts
during the small hours of the morning and prosecutor
Simon Laws QC said only child McDonald was "in a
state of sexual excitement".
Mr Laws said the victim, who worked as a carer for
elderly people, wore ear plugs in bed to help her sleep -
but she was still wearing them when her body was
found.
He said: "The evidence suggests she was attacked
while she was in bed asleep.
"It was a surprise attack.
"She stood no chance against her 27 year old son who
is well over six feet tall.
"He used at least three and in all probability four
weapons against her.
"Catherine McDonald died as a result of being stabbed
and strangled."
He said a kitchen knife was found in a bathroom sink
which had been used to stab her twice in the chest
which 'had penetrated right through her body'.
He also strangled her with an electric power cable
which was still wrapped about her neck like ligature
when she was discovered.
Mr Laws said there were also non fatal wounds.
He told the court McDonald had used knitting needles
to stab her in the neck and one was still in place, and a
pathologist said she was still alive when this
happened.
There were scratches and bruises on her face, body,
arms, legs and neck as she struggled for survival in the
attack.
Mr Laws said on her neck there were also small cuts
which had been caused by a pair of nail scissors used
to poke and prod her neck.
He told the jury McDonald used the scissors to "force
her to submit to a sexual assault' and Mr Laws said
he raped her.
A condom was found and DNA was discovered on the
victim.
He said afterwards he fetched a knife from the kitchen
to stab his mother and strangle her with the cable.
The court was told McDonald tried briefly to clear up
the scene before he fled in his mother's Smart car
taking his passport and emptying her purse.
But he later crashed the car, flipping it over near
Tiverton, Devon, and he was later arrested by police
who then went on to discover his mother had been
murdered.
At one point he texted an ex girlfriend to say that he
would either be dead soon or in jail.
Mr Laws said: "He knew perfectly well what he had
done."
He said virtually nothing in police interviews and
officers said he appeared 'quite nonchalant'.
Other people said he was 'laid back and gentle'.
When he was told about the rape of his mother, he
said that was 'a bit of a shock to him'.
Mr Laws said McDonald had admitted manslaughter
but the prosecution say this was murder and say being
drunk or drugged does not hide the intent to kill or
cause really serious harm.
"He was acting in a purposeful and deliberate manner.
"He has no one else to blame for the state he was in."
McDonald denies murder and his trial continues.