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Susan Toop claimed she was putting her parents "out of their misery"
A nurse who murdered her parents by stabbing them and hitting them with an iron has been jailed for life.
Arthur Toop, 82, and his wife Joan, 74, were discovered dead at their bungalow in Uplands Road, Charminster, Bournemouth, on 28 November last year.
Susan Toop, 54, admitted manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility but was convicted of both murders. She will serve a minimum of 18 years.
Toop claimed she was putting her victims "out of their misery".
But Timothy Mousley QC, prosecuting, told the court the parents "had a good quality of life" and were not "miserable".
He added that the relationship between Toop and her "domineering" mother had deteriorated in the weeks before she killed her parents.
The nurse, who also lived at the bungalow, crushed up tablets and placed them in her father's sandwich and mother's coffee, the court heard.
The jury was told Mr Toop died from multiple blunt force injuries which fractured his skull and "pulped" his brain.
Mrs Toop suffered multiple blunt force injuries, also probably caused by the ornamental flat iron, and had 28 separate knife wounds.
Susan Toop was sentenced at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Thursday.
This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
Susan Toop claimed she was putting her parents "out of their misery" A nurse who murdered her parents by stabbing them and hitting them with an iron has been jailed for life.
Arthur Toop, 82, and his wife Joan, 74, were discovered dead at their bungalow in Uplands Road, Charminster, Bournemouth, on 28 November last year.
Susan Toop, 54, admitted manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility but was convicted of both murders. She will serve a minimum of 18 years.
Toop claimed she was putting her victims "out of their misery".
But Timothy Mousley QC, prosecuting, told the court the parents "had a good quality of life" and were not "miserable".
He added that the relationship between Toop and her "domineering" mother had deteriorated in the weeks before she killed her parents.
The nurse, who also lived at the bungalow, crushed up tablets and placed them in her father's sandwich and mother's coffee, the court heard.
The jury was told Mr Toop died from multiple blunt force injuries which fractured his skull and "pulped" his brain.
Mrs Toop suffered multiple blunt force injuries, also probably caused by the ornamental flat iron, and had 28 separate knife wounds.
Susan Toop was sentenced at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Thursday.
This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.