Lauren Anne Dickason is on trial in the Christchurch High Court, New Zealand, charged with murdering her daughters - Liané (6), and twins Maya and Karla (2). (Photo: Screenshot from YouTube) Lauren Anne Dickason killed her two-year-old twins and their six-year-old sister in September 2021 at their home in Timaru, a city of 29,000 on the South Island, about a month after the family had migrated from South Africa.
Media reported a majority verdict by a jury of eight women and four men held Dickason was not insane at the time of the killings and was guilty of murder, following a month-long high court trial in the city of Christchurch.
Her husband Graham had found the three children dead and his wife in a serious condition upon arriving home after a dinner with colleagues, New Zealand media have previously said.
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The prosecution said Dickason knew when she killed her daughters that what she was doing was morally wrong and the act was murder, according to broadcaster Radio New Zealand.
Some of the jury were heard crying as they left the courtroom, media said.
The judge, Cameron Mander, remanded Dickason to custody in a hospital psychiatric unit until her sentencing. She has been in hospital since the murders. DM/Reuters
Reporting by Lucy Craymer; Editing by Clarence Fernandez.