SA Mom Accused of Murdering 3 Daughters Will Go On Trial in New Zealand Court in July, Plans to Plead Insanity
- The South African doctor who allegedly murdered her three daughters in New Zealand will stand trial in July
- Lauren Dickason allegedly killed her children shortly after the family emigrated to New Zealand to start a new life
- The former doctor and mother of three plans to use the insanity defence for her trial in the Christchurch High Court
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CHRISTCHURCH - A former general practitioner accused of killing her three daughters shortly after emigrating to New Zealand has received the date for her much-anticipated trial.
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Lauren Dickason will stand trial in the Christchurch High Court on 17 July, where she plans to use the insanity plea for the murder of her little girls.
Lauren Dickason's Husband comes home to find 3 daughters lifeless
Dickason was arrested in September 2021 after her husband came home from a business dinner to find six-year-old Liané and two-year-old twins Maya and Karla lifeless in their Timaru home, New Zealand Herald reported.
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The former GP was allegedly discovered in a critical condition.
The tragic triple murder occurred one week after Dickason and her daughters joined her orthopaedic surgeon Husband in New Zealand, where he secured a new job.
The family had just spent the previous two weeks in Covid-19 quarantine after arriving in the country.
SA mom's legal teams plan to bring in experts to argue insanity defence
Dickason has been held at a psychiatric unit since her arrest but came out for the first time in public for a brief court appearance at the Christchurch High Court on Thursday, 1 June.
Her legal team plans to call three expert witnesses to argue that Dickason suffered from temporary insanity during the murders. In contrast, what prosecution intends to call a witness to argue against the opinion, TimesLIVE reported.
Mzansi shocked by SA mom who killed her daughters in New Zealand
Below are some comments:
Kettie Lundu said:
"Tjoo, I wonder what was in her mind."
Phumeza Ladlokova added:
" I wonder why."
Dee Flocc speculated:
"Mentally ill."
Thembile Ndanda questioned:
"Why did this woman kill innocent kids?"
Samantha Clark demanded:
"I remember this story. Lock her up for life! She is a disgrace and should be ashamed of what she did to those innocent children. Sies!"
Father and stepmother arrested for death of 8-year-old daughter, community accuses parents of physical abuse
Earlier, Briefly News reported that a couple from Limpopo were arrested following the death of an eight-year-old girl under their care at Mogaung village in the Sekhukhune district.
The little girl was staying with her biological father and stepmother when the community became suspicious that the couple was abusing their daughter.
According to a press release from Limpopo police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba, a suspicious series of incidents involving the child spurred one of the community members to approach the family on Wednesday, 24 May.
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