Lauren Dickason has apologised to her family for failing them after being sentenced to 18 years in mental health care for the murder of her three children.
In a statement released through her lawyers after her sentencing at the High Court in Christchurch on Wednesday, Dickason said: “I loved Liané, Maya and Karla with all my heart. I failed them, I failed Graham, and I failed our families.
“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.”
The South African doctor, 43, was sentenced after being found guilty by a jury of murdering her twin daughters, Maya and Karla, 2, and their older sister Liané, 6, on the night of September 16, 2021 in Timaru.
In August last year a jury found her guilty of murder after rejecting her defences of insanity and infanticide.
She will start her sentence in mental health care, and could possibly move to prison later. She escaped a life sentence, and will be eligible for parole after six years.
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