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Hannah Louise Glover has told a Perth court how she repeatedly stabbed her former girlfriend Tara Morrison in April 2024.
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Glover was giving evidence in the murder trial of James Anthony Sorgiovanni in the WA Supreme Court.
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Glover, 30, was also on trial for the murder but pleaded guilty, following the evidence of a woman who said she had confessed to the killing in prison.
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WARNING: The following story contains details that may distress some readers.
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A woman has described in chilling detail how she stabbed her ex-girlfriend multiple times in a drug-fuelled attack in her home after the woman allegedly tried to give her toddler illicit drugs.
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Hannah Louise Glover was giving evidence in the trial of James Anthony Sorgiovanni, 29, who is accused of murdering Tara Morrison in Busselton in 2024.
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Glover, 30, had also been charged with murder but pleaded guilty part-way through the trial, following the evidence of a woman who said Glover had confessed to the killing while the pair were in prison.
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On Tuesday, Glover detailed the final moments of Tara Morrison's life in chilling detail to a packed WA Supreme Court room.
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The 30-year-old's testimony was direct and largely emotionless, and she only shed tears when she spoke about her daughter.
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She told the court she had been using drugs on the night of the killing, along with Ms Morrison and Mr Sorgiovanni, including methylamphetamine and GHB, also known as 'fantasy'.
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Glover told the court that Ms Morrison came to her home in April 2024 with clothing and groceries, and the plan was for her to stay at the house.
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However, Mr Sorgiovanni was unhappy with the idea because he was jealous, she said.
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Glover said that at the time, they had "run out of money from buying so much drugs".
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She said she had heard her daughter cry, and claimed she discovered Ms Morrison holding the toddler in her room, trying to give her GHB.
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She stopped this from happening and settled her daughter, she said, before Mr Sorgiovanni asked: "What are you going to do about it?"
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Glover told the court Ms Morrison walked into her bedroom, and Mr Sorgiovanni "grabbed her by the arms".
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Glover then stabbed her.
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The trio then moved to an area near the front door of the house, where she stabbed Ms Morrison a further three times in the neck.
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Ms Morrison broke free, the court heard, but Glover attacked her again in various locations in the house as Mr Sorgiovanni restrained her.
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"You did all the stabbing,"the prosecutor said.
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Glover agreed, and said she thought she had stabbed Ms Morrison "10 to 15" times.
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'It's done'
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She told the court that when she left Ms Morrison, she was slumped and not moving.
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"She was trying to breathe," Glover told the court.
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Glover said she saw Mr Sorgiovanni subsequently stab Ms Morrison "in the chest area", before telling her "it's done".
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She told the court she washed herself in the bathroom before finding her daughter was awake.
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Glover said she then asked Mr Sorgiovanni: "What the f*** did we just do?"
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Glover told the court she only used one knife, contrary to what the court had heard previously.
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She said she did not know how Ms Morrison's body ended up in her daughter's wardrobe.
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Glover testified that, at the time, she weighed 48 kilograms and would not have been able to move the body.
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