Glamorous woman who beat her ‘shy, kind-hearted’ boyfriend to death with a rake, scissors and a skateboard before claiming he’d taken his own life learns her fate

A Perth woman who beat her boyfriend to death has been jailed for life with a non-parole period of almost 20 years.

In an “explosion of rage,” Brittany McCulloch hit, punched and bit Jordan Chas Caine dozens of times with a rake, extension cord, scissors, a broken mop and a skateboard.

Western Australia Supreme Court Justice Stephen Lemonis said what Mr Caine suffered was a “severe form of domestic violence”. The Western Australia reported.

The “prolonged and brutal attack” took place in July 2022 at the couple’s home in the Perth coastal suburb of Alkimos.

It is not known how long the attack lasted or what McCulloch’s motive was, with her own lawyer Seamus Rafferty SC admits his client had ‘told too many lies’ and that ‘what exactly happened’ may never be known.

The lies started when McCulloch called Triple-0 and said she had found 34-year-old Caine on the floor with cuts on his wrist.

When paramedics arrived at the home, they were suspicious and called the police.

An officer heard McCulloch, now 30, tell someone during a phone call that Mr Caine had committed suicide.

She told another officer that her partner, whom she later described as a “gentle, caring, shy and kind-hearted…loving person,” had committed suicide.

The couple had been together for just eight months at the time of the murder.

The court heard McCulloch told police she had gone for a walk to the beach at 3am because she couldn’t sleep. When she returned at 6 a.m., she found Mr. Caine in the garage.

She said her boyfriend suffered from anxiety and depression and committed suicide.

McCulloch denied there was any domestic violence, but neighbors told police they often heard loud arguments in the house and that she was the “aggressor.”

McCulloch described her friend Jordan Chas Caine (pictured) as a ‘gentle, caring, shy and kind-hearted… loving person’

She eventually admitted that she had attacked Mr Caine, but that she had not intended to kill him.

She was charged with grievous bodily harm causing death, which was subsequently upgraded to manslaughter.

When an autopsy revealed that Mr Caine had suffered more than fifty separate injuries, the charge against McCulloch was again upgraded to murder.

Mr Caine suffered injuries to his head, back, arms, legs and abdomen, with the cause of death listed as multiple soft tissue injuries and extensive blood loss.

At a court hearing in June, McCulloch was asked to enter her plea to the murder charge and replied: “I’m guilty.”

Her lawyer said she accepted she deserved to be punished and that she “truly regretted ending the life of someone she loved.”

In an “explosion of rage,” Brittany McCulloch punched, punched and bit her boyfriend dozens of times

Mr Rafferty said she never thought she could be responsible for someone’s death in such a violent manner and that she had a complete lack of understanding of her own personality.

The court heard that McCulloch had anger problems, borderline personality disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder due to her difficult childhood.

The lawyer said she did not intend to kill her boyfriend, that it was “a pure explosion of rage.”

“She was reacting to a situation, whatever it may have been, it descended into the red mist, a complete loss of control, a fit of anger and rage.”

Her victim’s family and friends were devastated by his death, with his mother writing in her victim impact statement that she felt more pain knowing how her son suffered.

Although Mr Caine was unconscious by the time he died, he would have been terrified and in pain, the court heard.

Judge Lemonis took into account McCulloch’s late plea of ​​guilty, the fact that the murder was not premeditated and her remorse in determining the sentence.

She was given a life sentence with a minimum non-parole period of 19 years and six months.