Mother Who Killed 3 Daughters Jailed for 18 Years
New Zealand mother Lauren Dickason sentenced to 18 years in prison for murdering her three daughters in 2021. She will serve her sentence in a mental health hospital under state custody.
On Wednesday, June 26, a New Zealand court sentenced Lauren Dickason to eighteen years in prison for the 2021 murders of her three young daughters.
Lauren will start her sentence at a mental health hospital while being held under state custody for the triple deaths, according to a court official at Christchurch High Court.
Following her sentencing, Dickason apologized and said she had let her kids and her husband—who has now returned to South Africa—down in a statement.
“I take responsibility for taking our three beautiful girls from this world.
“I would like to take this opportunity to convey the deepest and most sincere remorse for the extreme pain and hurt caused to my children and my family by my actions,” she said.
Lauren Dickason was spared the typical life sentence for murder in New Zealand because Justice Cameron Mander did not impose a minimum non-parole period.
Lauren was convicted in August of last year on three charges of murder for the suffocation of her six-year-old daughter Liane, as well as her two-year-old twins, Maya and Karla.
While her husband was out to dinner with coworkers in September 2021, the terrible murders occurred at their Timaru home.
When he got home, he found his children's bodies.
Only a few weeks prior to the tragedy, the family had moved from South Africa to New Zealand.
Dickason acknowledged killing the girls during last year's trial, but she maintained her insanity and infanticide defense, saying that the strain of the relocation had caused her to act in this way.
Infanticide is a defense under New Zealand law for a mother who kills her kid because her mental state was disturbed at the time of the offense.
Dickason's attorney contended that, considering her condition, a mental health unit was the best location for her.
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