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WA health worker kill accused 'innocent'
AAP
A 38-year-old man accused of murdering a mental health worker by stabbing her in the neck at a Perth home has pleaded not guilty on insanity grounds.
Jacqueline Lynn Francis, 50, was attacked on October 6 last year in Rockingham then drove to a nearby cafe for help.
She was rushed to Fiona Stanley Hospital, where she died.
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Shannon Scott Westerman Smith was charged with murdering the mother of three and remanded at a psychiatric facility.
He appeared in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court via video link from a high-security unit on Wednesday and said he was "innocent due to unsoundness of mind".
He will next face court on October 21.
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