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Mother charged with stabbing children said daughter’s disability left her ‘numb’

A Sydney mother charged with stabbing her three children before she turned the knife on herself had previously described the moment she learnt her daughter would be left a paraplegic.The woman, 47, allegedly stabbed her 10-year-old son, 13-year-old daughter and her 16-year-old daughter, who is a paraplegic and wheelchair-bound, at the family home in Sydney’s north-west early on Monday morning.The children were all asleep in bed when the mother used a “household knife” to stab them, before allegedly stabbing herself, NSW Police allege.Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Her husband woke to their screams before taking the weapon from his wife.They were all taken in stable conditions to Westmead Hospital, where they are expected to make full recoveries.The mother had previously spoken to a news publication about her eldest daughter’s disability, and how she had learnt of her birth defect during her 18-week ultrasound.“In December 2007 I resigned from my job with the hope of f…