A samurai sword was the weapon of choice for a Gladstone man who allegedly murdered his mother and dumped her body near the Calliope River, Rockhampton Supreme Court heard on Monday.
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Horace Lorenzo Lyken Jones was only 19 when the body of his mother, Roxane Gilbert, was found wrapped in a blue tarpaulin in the back seat of her car on June 29, 2012, with 31 stab wounds.
On Monday he pleaded not guilty to her murder.
Prosecutor Todd Fuller said Ms Gilbert, who was also known as Roxane Jones, had fallen out with her eldest son because of her "erratic behaviour and lifestyle choices".
But apparently the final straw came on June 29, 2012, when Ms Gilbert hung up on one of Mr Jones's friends who called the house.
As Ms Gilbert, 38, sat on the couch, Mr Jones allegedly struck her in the head with the ornamental sword, which was on display in his bedroom.
Read more at the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
