Crown prosecutors in the murder trial of the woman charged with killing her three young daughters believe she had grown jealous and resentful of her children.
Lauren Anne Dickason is charged with killing two year old twins Karla and Maya and their six year old sister Liane at their Timaru home in September 2021.
The crown alleges Mrs Dickason attempted to asphyxiate the three girls and when that was unsuccessful smothered them.
Mrs Dickason has pleaded not guilty to the killings, with the defence to argue insanity and infanticide. Adam Burns was in the Hight Court in Christchurch, and a warning, this story contains distressing content.
