A fashion designer who killed her husband by stabbing him in the chest days before Christmas has sent bizarre religious letters to his parents.
Katie Ann Castel pleaded guilty on Tuesday to the manslaughter of her 35-year-old husband Jarred Castel at their home in Chapel Hill, Brisbane, on December 2017.
Castel was sentenced to nine years in jail for the fatal stabbing which left the couple’s five-year-old son Levi without parents.
One month after the fatal stabbing, Castel sent her husband’s grieving parents strange letters from behind bars, The Courier-Mail reported.
A fashion designer who killed her husband after stabbing him in the chest days before Christmas has sent bizarre religious letters to his parents
Jarred Paul Castel (pictured) was stabbed to death by his wife in December 2017
The letters lasted 12 pages and Castel touched on religious teachings and her experience of being imprisoned.
‘The night I lost Jarred they put me in the Brisbane Watchhouse — it was truly the bowels of hell, a concrete cell with a tiny window I couldn’t see out of, graffiti on every inch, no underwear and a couple of plastic-covered cushions,’ she wrote.
The mother-of-one went on to claim she was a ‘novelty’ in jail and she was ‘the only one as far as the eye can see who doesn’t have a drug charge’.
The letters also told her husband’s parents to ‘rest in Jesus’, and quoted a Bible passage saying: ‘He who is forgiven much, loves much’.
Castel penned a similar letter to Justice Jean Dalton, in an attempt to explain who she is as a person.
Katie Ann Castel (right) pleaded guilty on Tuesday to the manslaughter of her 35-year-old husband Jarred Castel (left) at their home in Chapel Hill, Brisbane, on December 2017
Castel was sentenced to nine years in jail for the fatal stabbing which left the couple’s five-year-old son Levi without parents
‘I hope these thoughts will give you some understanding of who I am as a person, how sorry I am and how my husband’s death has affected my life,’ she wrote.
‘I feel deeply the shame of being a prisoner. It is utterly demoralising and demonising to be inherently mistrusted, to have your individuality ignored, and be herded and lined up and counted like livestock every day.’
The letter went on to say she had a role in jail of bringing ‘salvation’ to others.
After Castel was sentenced to nine years behind bars, Mr Castel’s family launched a Go Fund Me page to raise money for the couple’s child.
One month after the fatal stabbing, Castel sent the grieving family bizarre letters from behind bars
Pictured: Mr Castel’s sister Jehanne Geddes (left), father Anthony Castel (centre) and brother Ryan Castel (right)
‘His Aunt is providing a beautiful loving home and is cherishing him, but there are many bills to pay and his future to think of,’ the Go Fund Me says.
‘Levi’s father was a kind man who worked day and night to provide for his family and now that his father is dead, the little boy Levi doesn’t have that financial support and won’t ever again.’
‘The family thanks you for your generosity, it really means so much.’
The family hope donations can go towards giving Levi a ‘loving life’ with enough resources for his future.
After Castel was sentenced nine years behind bars, Mr Castel’s family launched a Go Fund Me page to raise money for the couple’s child
The family hope donations can go towards giving Levi a ‘loving life’ with enough resources for his future
The page says Mr Castel purchased his first home at 19, built a local shop fitting business and lived with his wife who ‘he adored’.
‘Levi was his shining light, an intelligent little chap whose resemblance to his father is uncanny,’ the family wrote.
The page has already made over $13,000 since it was launched on Tuesday.