Pretoria Expat Sentenced to 18 Years for Murdering 3 Children
- Lauren Dickason, a South African who lived in New Zealand, was sentenced to almost 20 years for killing her children
- Dickason murdered her three daughters and will serve her sentence in a mental health facility
- South Africans were stunned by the number of years she got as a sentence, and many demanded that she be given more years
With nine years' experience, Tebogo Mokwena, a current affairs writer for Briefly News, provided insights into the criminal justice system and high-profile cases in South Africa at Daily Sun.
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NEW ZEALAND – Pretoria woman Laura Dickason will spend the next 18 years in a mental health hospital after she killed her three daughters in New Zealand.
South African woman sentenced for murder
According to TimesLIVE, Dickason killed her three daughters, two-year-old twins Karla and Maya and six-year-old Liané. The court discovered that she conceived after trying multiple times through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF).
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Dickason struggled to bond with her children and, after giving birth, suffered from untreated post-partum depression. The court also said that she was given the sentence because Dickason's mental health was severely affected by post-partum depression.
Dickason is expected to serve her sentence in a mental health hospital until the state can prove she is capable of being in prison. In a statement, she expressed how remorseful she was for killing her children.
South Africans reject the sentence
Netizens on Facebook believed the sentence was too lenient.
Prince Siya Mazibuki said:
"White privilege at its best. You kill three kids and only get 18 years."
Siyabonga Ndlovu asked:
"Why not three life sentences?"
Siboniso Mathe asked:
"18 years? Why not three life sentences? Or is it because of the colour of her skin?"
Nkosana Nyosso Nkosi said:
"The other lady who was trending got a life sentence. This life has no balance."
Mpumalanga man sentenced to life for murdering 14 year-old
Similarly, Briefly News reported that a man from Mpumalanga was given a life sentence for killing a 14-year-old boy.
Bhekimuzi Ziko was shot at a farm and was killed by Sarel Petrus Du Plessis, and those who were with him managed to escape.
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