New Zealand Jury Finds Mother Guilty of Murdering Her 3 Young Daughters

Lauren Dickason stands in the dock at the Christchurch High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, on July, 17, 2023. George Heard/New Zealand Herald via AP

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—A New Zealand jury on Wednesday found a mother guilty of murdering her three young daughters after rejecting her defense that she was so mentally ill at the time she couldn’t be held responsible.

Lauren Dickason, 42, had earlier admitted killing her 2-year-old twin daughters Maya and Karla, and their 6-year-old sister Lianè, at their home in the town of Timaru nearly two years ago.