Boy With Autism Saves Mum From Attacker

An eight-year-old boy with autism has saved his mum’s life by hitting her attacker and helping his mum escape to a neighbouring property.

Mother-of-two Becky Mulcahy has recounted the horrific attack on her by her�partner’s trusted friend, Brent Gilbert, 35, on September 11 last year.

It started when she answered Mr Gilbert’s knock on her front door. Then he asked if�she had any prescription drugs or cash to give him. When she said none, she said Mr Gilbert allegedly became enraged�then he stabbed her�right between the eyes, and in other parts of her head. “I got seven in the face, two in the top of my head,” she said.�Ms Mulcahy was stabbed�over�20 times.

She added that the attack happened in front of her two children — six-year-old Shelbie and eight-year-old Lachie, who has autism. She said that Mr Gilbert�held the back of her head, put a knife to her�chest and that’s when Lachie came over the top. Lachie picked up a tyre lever and belted the attacker.

The two children helped Ms Mulcahy attempt to get to the next door neighbour’s home, with a downhill slope�by�helping the injured mother make it to the doorstep.�”The whole way there I knew I was dying in front of my kids,” she said.

Ms Mulcahy spent the next four days in a coma at The Alfred Hospital.

Mr�Gilbert has pleaded guilty to intentionally causing serious injury, and will be sentenced in November.

Source:�Au.news.yahoo.com

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