A man who viciously bashed his mother with an axe handle has been jailed for 14 years.
Douglas James Archer, 62, attacked his 81-year-old mother, June Geary, and her 72-year-old husband, Arthur Easton, in their Christchurch home on May 1, 2013.
While she didn't see who her attacker was, she heard him call her a "b****", and recognised her son's voice.
The couple received fractured bones and bruising.
Archer was picked up by police in a Christchurch park four days later.
