A sentencing hearing has heard a Sooke man admitted to killing his own mother for the first time in a police interview about two months after her death, saying, "I was in and out of reality. I didn't even think my mom was my mom."
Sixty-four year-old Pamella Dyer was found dead in her Sooke home in 2014. Her son -- 36-year old Michael James McCormick -- pleaded guilty to manslaughter, and is now appearing at a three-day sentencing hearing. The crown is seeking a 12-to-15-year term, while the defence has yet to make its submissions.
In a video shown in court today, after a full day of being interrogated, McCormick finally tells investigators, "You got me. I did it." He told them he was entrenched in a crystal meth addiction, and believed his mom was a creature from another planet impersonating his mom.
Dyer's cause of death was found to be a blunt force injury to the chest that resulted in 25 rib fractures, and restricted her ability to breathe. McCormick told investigators the incident is mostly a blur, but admitted he could recall getting into an argument with his mom and pushing her.
He says he remembers falling on top of her, and then grabbing a knitting needle and jabbing her in the back of the neck.
The sentencing hearing is expected to conclude on Wednesday, but a decision won't be delivered until a later date.