A woman has been found guilty for threatening to kill her mother but not guilty for threatening to kill her former social care worker at Limerick Circuit Court today.
20-year-old Barbie Kardashian who’s originally from Co. Meath, but now of no fixed abode has been found guilty of seven counts of threatening to kill or cause serious harm to her mother, Maria Luque.
She was found not guilty of four counts of threatening to kill or cause harm to Michael Mannix, a healthcare assistant employed by a specialist social care provider.
These threats occurred at Coovagh House, a care unit run by the HSE on dates in 2019 and 2020. She had pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The four-day trial heard Ms Kardashian had been diagnosed with a narcissistic personality disorder and that she would say shocking things to gain attention, and, that she made the alleged threats while she was a resident at Coovagh House, a secure unit for children aged between 11 and 17 with serious behavioural difficulties.
The jury were able to come to a unanimous vote for some but not all counts and Judge Tom O’Donnell accepted a majority verdict for the outstanding counts.
Directions were given by Judge O’Donnell for a psychological and probation report for Ms Kardashian’s sentence hearing.
Ms Kardashian has been remanded in custody for sentencing on 28th July.
