17 Aug 2023

Lauren Dickason found guilty of murder

From Morning Report, 6:10 am on 17 August 2023

Lauren Dickason cried as she was led from the dock after being found guilty of murdering her three young daughters at the High Court in Christchurch.

Dickason was charged with murder in Timaru in 2021, after admitting to killing her two-year-old twins, Karla and Maya and six-year-old Liané.

She pleaded not guilty, arguing in the four-week trial it was infanticide and insanity.

South Africa is journalist Jehran Naidoo, who has been covering the case, spoke to Corin Dann.