The Daily Telegraph

Son ‘killed mother in Christmas lunch row’

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A man killed his mother after she criticised his efforts at making Christmas lunch, a court heard.

Mark Jennens, 40, tried to throw 78-year-old Hazel Jennens out of a house they shared in a Christmas Eve row over potatoes, jurors were told.

He is alleged to have frogmarche­d his mother, who had osteoporos­is and lung cancer, to the door before pushing her to the ground in 2015.

Ms Jennens, of Dudley, West Midlands, broke her hip and later died from bronchopne­umonia in hospital.

Mr Jennens denies manslaught­er. The trial at Wolverhamp­ton Crown Court continues.

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