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'Kind and gentle' vegan who 'abhors violence' attacked mum with knife after using 'laced' cannabis

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A 'kind and gentle' man attacked his 81-year-old mum with a knife after unwittingly using 'laced' cannabis.

Brian Holden, 49, left his mother Brenda covered in blood, following the attack in the home they shared in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan.

Holden had told his mum he had met someone who was the 'messiah' who told him he was 'the devil' and that he had to kill her. READ MORE:The moment paedophile hunters catch man who thought he was meeting 13-year-old girl for sex He apologised, left the room and returned with a knife.

Mrs Holden 'struggled' with her son and she suffered cuts to her neck and hands. Manchester's courts are some of the busiest in the

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