Lauren Dickason had admitted to the killings but then pleaded not guilty to murder, arguing she was mentally disturbed at the time and didn’t know that what she was doing was wrong.
jury on Wednesday found a mother guilty of murdering her three young daughters in a case that shocked the nation.
Prosecutors, however, pointed to Dickason’s troubling phone messages and online history in the weeks before the killings, including comments about wanting to kill her children and Google searches for “most effective overdose in kids.” The guilty verdict came after a four-week trial. Jurors rejected Dickason’s legal defenses under New Zealand’s insanity and infanticide laws. Jurors were not unanimous, voting 11-1 for conviction, a split allowed under New Zealand laws.Radio New Zealand reported that Dickason was motionless in the dock as the verdict was read out in the Christchurch High Court, and then cried quietly as she left. Jurors could also be heard crying, RNZ reported.
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