A New Zealand jury has found a mother guilty of murdering her three young daughters after rejecting her defense that she was so mentally ill at the time she couldn’t be held responsible.
Lauren Dickason stands in the dock at the Christchurch High Court, in Christchurch, New Zealand, on July, 17, 2023. A New Zealand jury on Wednesday, Aug. 16, found Dickason, a mother guilty of murdering her three young daughters in a case that shocked the nation. – A New Zealand jury on Wednesday found a mother guilty of murdering her three young daughters after rejecting her defense that she was so mentally ill at the time she couldn't be held responsible.
They 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 verdicts on three counts of murder came after a four-week trial. Jurors deliberated over three days and voted 11-1 for conviction, a split allowed under New Zealand laws. Dickason faces a sentence of life imprisonment.
“We would like to encourage families and individuals around the world to be aware of the symptoms of post-partum depression as early as possible, both for yourselves as well as close family and friends around you," parents Malcolm and Wendy Fawkes said in the statement, RNZ reported.
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