Katherine Mary Knight: Australia's Hanna Lecter -- The Crime Library

John Price

It wasn't long before Kath had free reign of Pricey's house again. But it didn't help matters in the least. The arguments escalated in violence and after a series of assaults which included Katherine stabbing him in the chest with a knife during an argument in the kitchen, on Tuesday, February 29, 2000, John Price went to the Scone Magistrate's Court and took out an Apprehended Violence Order against Katherine Knight to keep her away from his house and hopefully out of his life once and for all.

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But AVO or not, there was no stopping his deranged lover. The same night as he had taken out the AVO, John Price was in bed at 11 after visiting his neighbors when a vehicle pulled into his driveway and Kath entered the house, watched TV for a few minutes and had a shower before joining Pricey in bed. They had sex.

Police officers made the following report after arriving at the house the next day:

"About 6am on Wednesday March 1^st, a neighbour noticed that the victim's (John Price) work utility truck was still at his home. This appeared unusual as the victim normally had left for work each day prior to this time.

This neighbor became concerned as did the employer of the victim who was by this time making inquiries as to why the victim had not attended work. Attempts were made by the neighbour and another friend to wake the victim by knocking on his bedroom window. The neighbour and friend then went to the front door where they saw a small amount of blood on the wooden exterior.

Police were contacted and attended about 8am. The police at the scene forced entry to the house through the rear door. Upon entry the police located the victim's exterior layers of skin hanging from a hook in a doorway arch into the lounge room. They then located the victim's decapitated remains on the lounge room floor near a small foyer leading to the front door.

A further search of the house by police resulted in them locating Katherine Knight who was snoring loudly in a comatose condition on a double bed at the end of the house. She was removed from the house immediately by police and later conveyed to hospital by ambulance."

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