Lauren Dickason has been found guilty of murdering her three young daughters in the headline-grabbing triple homicide trial.
Justice Cameron Mander expressed his thanks to the jury for their service and acknowledged it had taken a toll on each of them.
42-year-old Dickason admitted to strangling her three little girls with interconnected cable ties before smothering them to death one by one at their Timaru home, in Canterbury, on 16 September 2021. She, however, pleaded not guilty to murder, claiming she was severely mentally disturbed at the time, and has mounted a defence of insanity or infanticide.ALSO READ: There were five possible outcomes from the jury’s deliberations:Act of murder proven, but not criminally responsible due to insanity;Hung jury, if a unanimous or majority verdict cannot be reached.
In New Zealand, a woman can be found guilty of infanticide rather than murder if it is proven “the balance of her mind was disturbed” from the effects of childbirth, lactation or any disorder caused by childbirth or lactation. If the jury ruled infanticide as the reason for the deaths, Dickason might have been sentenced to just three years in jail. If they believed the prosecution’s version in this instance, she would have been incarcerated for life.If Dickason was found not guilty by reason of insanity, it would have been up to Justice Mander to decide on her future,
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