 A man has been jailed after breaking into his grandmother's house and viciously stabbing her to death while she was asleep in bed. Alison Stevenson, 62, had always tried to help Cameron Dancey-Stevenson overcome his 'difficulties' and care for him, a trial heard. But the 27-year-old brutally murdered his own grandparent at her home in Cornwall in May 2021. The court heard how Alison still 'loved' her grandson, even after he had attacked her on a previous occasion and was handed a restraining order. Despite doing 'everything she could' to support him, Dancey-Stevenson still held a grudge over the order and carried out a fatal frenzied knife attack. His family say they will never forgive him for the attack as he was found guilty at Exeter Crown Court on Tuesday and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 18 years today. On May 25, 2021, he broke in through a window of Ms Stevenson's home in Helston, grabbed a knife from the kitchen and started stabbing her in the neck while she lay in bed sleeping. Dancey-Stevenson stabbed Alison Stevenson, 62, to death while she slept in bed at home (Picture: Devon and Cornwall Police / SWNS) After he had killed her, Dancey-Stevenson then spent 'many hours' at the house trying to wash away forensic evidence – and then later blamed a 'fictitious' man for killing her. A statement from the victim's daughter, Marina Stevenson, was read out in court in which she described her mother as 'caring and loving' and that she'd done 'everything she could' to support her grandson. Speaking on behalf of the family, she told Dancey-Stevenson: 'That word, grandson, a family member, her blood. You are no longer her grandson – you are her murderer.' Marina said the family had struggled to come to terms with losing such a loving woman to such a 'brutal act'. She said: 'This was made more devastating that it was you Cameron, her grandso){kind=link}
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A man has been jailed after breaking into his grandmother’s house and viciously stabbing her to death while she was asleep in bed.
Alison Stevenson, 62, had always tried to help Cameron Dancey-Stevenson overcome his ‘difficulties’ and care for him, a trial heard.
But the 27-year-old brutally murdered his own grandparent at her home in Cornwall in May 2021.
The court heard how Alison still ‘loved’ her grandson, even after he had attacked her on a previous occasion and was handed a restraining order.