A New Zealand judge has sentenced a South African mother Lauren Dickason to 18 years imprisonment for murdering her three daughters.
Images: Facebook/LaurenDickasonwill begin her sentence at a mental health hospital in the custody of the state, a court official at Christchurch High Court told AFP, for the triple killings.
Justice Cameron Mander did not impose a minimum non-parole period in sentencing Dickason, who escaped life imprisonment which is the usual penalty for murder in New Zealand.Dickason was found guilty last August on three counts of murder having smothered her two-year-old twins Maya and Karla and first daughter Liane, six.
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