Mum brought scissors to son's grave - but ex-husband stabbed her to death with them

WARNING -DISTRESSING CONTENT: Martin Suter lay in wait for Ann Blackwood at Crofton Cemetery in Stubbington, Hampshire, before stabbing her to death with a knife and pair of scissors

A mum who brought a pair of scissors to cut flowers placed on her son's grave died after her ex-husband used them to stab her to death , a court has heard.

Martin Suter, of Lee-on-the-Solent, has pleaded guilty to murdering Ann Blackwood, 71, by stabbing her to death at Crofton Cemetery in Stubbington, Hampshire, on July 24, 2023. Ms Blackwood was laying flowers at the grave of hers and Suter's late son Christopher, who died by suicide on the same day in 2003, a year before the two divorced.

Portsmouth Crown Court heard Suter had armed himself with a 12-inch kitchen knife and laid in wait at the cemet