A man accused of killing his mother with a samurai sword said she pleaded with him to stop, a Queensland court has heard.
Horace Lorenzo Jones, 21, has pleaded not guilty in the Supreme Court to killing Roxane Gilbert at their Gladstone home in June 2012.
Gilbert's body was dumped in her own car and found the next day in bushland.
She had been stabbed more than 30 times with a blunt samurai sword and a knife.
Jones allegedly said the sword's blade broke so he plunged a steak knife into her throat to stop her breathing.
He told police he also "pierced her heart" and he felt it deflate.
During his opening address to the Rockhampton jury, prosecutor Todd Fuller said Jones initially denied knowledge of his mother's death, but later admitted to police that he had killed her.
A three-hour recording of an interview between Jones and police was played to the Rockhampton jury today.
During the attack, Jones said his mother asked him, "Why are you doing this? I'm your mum".
He said he replied: "I'm not your son".
Jones told police he had a cosy but dark relationship with his mother, the court heard.
He said when he was in year seven at school, his mother kicked him out of home after he expressed disgust that she was having sex with men for money.
Gilbert and her son were both born in Guyana, and the pair migrated to Australia soon after Horace's birth.
She has two other children, a five-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl.
The trial is continuing.
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