Samantha Palmer granted bail for alleged Bellevue Hill stabbing of Hugo Ball
23:20 EDT, 16 December 2020 38 shares The Sydney mother accused of stabbing her elite private school graduate son has been granted bail, after offering up her $3.1 million Bellevue Hill mansion as security. Police prosecutor Kerry-Ann McKinnon told Central Local Court on Thursday that Samantha Palmer, 55, allegedly attacked her son, Hugo Ball, 22, with a 12-inch knife. Ball had just arrived home at the family's sprawling Drumalbyn Road home about 1.30am on Saturday, November 21, when he was allegedly attacked. Sergeant McKinnon said there was a 'strong prosecution case' against Palmer, w...