Mum attacked police believing they were impostors who’d come to kill her

Ashleigh Marsh, a 26-year-old mother of two, faced court after assaulting a police officer while experiencing a mental health crisis fueled by delusions that the officers were trying to kidnap and murder her. She received a conditional discharge for 12 months and was ordered to pay costs, with her defense highlighting her struggles with her eldest daughter’s severe learning disabilities and her recent mental health decline.

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