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This September will mark three years since Lauren Dickason killed her three daughters, weeks after the family moved for a new life to New Zealand.
Sentencing proceedings for Lauren Dickason may take place in March.
The five week trial of murder-convicted Lauren Dickason, who murdered her three daughters after emigrating to New Zealand, has cast a light on the treatment of mental health in the justice system, UKZN Professor Nirmala Gopal said.
Lauren Dickason, the South African woman found guilty of murdering her three children in New Zealand, will have to wait until next year for sentencing by the Christchurch High Court.
Lauren Dickason, the South African woman found guilty of murdering her three daughters, will be sentenced on December 19, by New Zealand Justice Cameron Mander in High Court in Christchurch.
South Africans have welcomed the guilty verdict in the trial of Lauren Dickason, the 42-year-old medical doctor who murdered her three children in Timaru, New Zealand.
The small town of Timaru, on the south-east coast of New Zealand, was left in a state of shock and grief, after the discovery that Lauren Dickason had murdered her three children in their home on Queen Street in what has been described a “dark time” for residents
Lauren Dickason, the South African woman accused of murdering her three daughters in New Zealand, has been found guilty of their murder.
Doctors Justin Barry-Walsh and Susan Hatters-Friedman, who gave evidence for the defence in the trial of murder-accused Lauren Dickason, concluded that she was not mentally stable when she murdered her three daughters on September 16, 2021.
Lauren Dickason said it was their ‘biggest mistake’ to move to New Zealand.
Lauren Dickason checked the vital signs of her children while she was killing them, the court heard.
Forensic psychiatrist Dr Simon McLeavey reveals the account murder accused Lauren Dickason gave her on the day she allegedly murdered her three children.
The trial continues against a South African mother alleged to have murdered her three daughters weeks after they moved to New Zealand in 2021.
In the last few days, the Christchurch High Court heard how Dickason allegedly murdered the girls just weeks after emigrating to New Zealand. On Tuesday, a medical expert said there was nothing that suggested Lauren Dickason was insane when she allegedly strangled her daughters.
Both the prosecution and the defence in the Lauren Dickason murder trial have brought forward witnesses to argue why or why not the infanticide argument should stand in court.
Forensic psychiatrist Dr Erik Monasterio is currently on the stand in the High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Six months before she allegedly murdered her three daughters, Lauren Dickason was the happiest she'd been in a decade. According to forensic psychiatrist Erik Monasterio, the accused changed her statements during their previous meetings.
Whenever you are in doubt about what to do, just be kind.
The laws on infanticide in New Zealand may favour the defence mounted by Lauren Dickason’s lawyers, as the effects of post-partum depression were taken into account, according to an expert witness.
Lauren Dickason revealed her final thoughts and words the night of September 16, 2021, before she killed her three daughters, to world renowned prenatal psychiatrist Dr Susan Hatters-Freidman.
Police found at least four prescription drugs like anti-depressants and tramadol in Lauren Dickason’s system when they tested her on September 17, 2021, a day after the murders.
Mother of murder-accused Lauren Dickason, Wendy Fawkes, told the court she feared for her daughter’s mental state before they left for New Zealand.
A close family member of Lauren Dickason gave evidence in court on Wednesday during the murder trial and said the family was aware of her mental state but did not want to confront her about it over fear of how she may react.
A day after the murders of her three daughters, Lauren Dickason told officer Micheal Kneebone that on the night of the murders, when she allegedly used cable ties on her children, she told them they were making necklaces.
Lauren Dickason told arresting officer Detective Michael Kneebone during an interview the day after the murders that she thought the family made a mistake by moving to New Zealand.