A man who stabbed his own mother in the neck with a knitting needle before sexually assaulting her is appealing against his 30 year jail term.Restaurant waiter Alexander McDonald, 27, was high on cocaine and drink when he launched his brutal attack on his 57-year-old mother at her home in Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset, last September.Lawyers representing McDonald confirmed today that they have lodged an appeal against the 30 year long jail sentence imposed at Exeter Crown Court by trial judge Mr...
