Katherine Knight Case Study

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NAME OF CRIMINAL:

The name of the criminal selected is Katherine Knight, who was the first woman in Australia to be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the murder of her partner, John Price in 2000.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ALLEGED CRIMINAL ACT COMMITTED:

Knight had a tumultuous relationship with Price over the years with previous reports of violence. Sometime in February of 2000, the two got back together and Knight showed up to her partner’s house before Price got off work. She then proceeded to send his children away to sleep over at a family friend’s house for the night. Around eleven at night Price finally made it back to his home after spending the evening at a neighbor’s house. Sometime in the middle of the night, …show more content…

She possibly could have committed this crime because of what he did to her daughter and wanted to prevent it from happening again. Furthermore, Knight and Price had a tumultuous relationship and frequently fought. Knight could have had an emotional lapse after another argument that was common in their relationship, and emotionally broke down, which caused her to momentarily lose her sanity. She even noted immediately after that she could not remember what she had done earlier that night to her boyfriend. Considering when she was a child the adults in her life sexually assaulted her, Knight could have had an emotional breakdown after finding out about this …show more content…

Her children are, perhaps, the most important thing in her life that does not involve instigating fights and other things of that nature. Any supposed threat made to her children causes her to lash out in an extremely protective manner. An example of this can be viewed with the murder of John Price. Although whether the allegations against Price if he raped Knight’s daughter, Knight lashed out and proceeded to murder her boyfriend. Although to a lesser extent, we can also see this with her sibling whom she felt protective of. As a child, whenever she felt like someone threatened one of her siblings, Knight would immediately retaliate.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS (Example: co-workers, family, neighbors, friends, etc.)

Except for her siblings, her relationship with other members of her family growing up was extremely abusive. Even as an adult, Knight did not have much of a relationship with them except for occasional communication between her and her mother. Even though the two talked, the relationship was unhealthy. Her mother did not care to help her daughter seek psychiatric care and even tried to sabotage her marriage with David

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