A 43-year-old man exploded with rage and killed his elderly parents with an axe after his mother laughed when the man's pet cat died, the Supreme Court in Launceston, Australia has heard.
Stephen Alexander Harper pleaded guilty to the murder of Roderick Alexander Harper, 88, and Helene May Harper, 77, on August 30, 2006.
Crown prosecutor John Ransom said Harper killed his parents with a number of blows to the head with the back of an axe on the day his cat Tootie died.
The court heard Harper believed his mother may have poisoned the cat.
"He snapped and killed them and told friends his parents had treated him like dirt," Mr Ransom said.
Justice Blow has called for a psychiatric report and remanded him in custody for sentence on August 31.
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