Lauren Anne Dickason was charged with murdering her daughters Liane, aged six, and twins Maya and Karla, aged two. Dickason, who is on trial in the High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, has admitted to killing her children but denies it was murder. Her defence claims she is not guilty by reason of insanity. “I did the twins first… The first one was being really, really, really horrible to me lately,” the mum explained, referring to Karla. “She has been biting me and hitting me and scratching me and throwing tantrums 24 hours a day – and I just don’t know how to manage that. That is why I did her first.” She explained that the children were jumping on couches and not listening to her. So she went to the garage, spotted some cable ties and thought, “That could possibly work”. In the interview, Dickason admitted she “had been thinking about it for sure,” and put the three sisters in a room before using the cable ties on them. That attempt was unsuccessful, however, so she suffocat...
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