17 Aug 2023

Dickason awaiting sentencing after guilty verdict

From Morning Report, 6:05 am on 17 August 2023

Convicted murderer Lauren Dickason is now waiting to find out what her sentence will be for killing her three young children.

 Yesterday 11 of the 12 jurors at the High Court in Christchurch rejected her defence of insanity and infanticide.

The shocked defence lawyers were in tears and members of the jury also cried. They'd taken just over 14 hours to reach the majority verdict after a harrowing four-week trial.

Justice Cameron Mander thanked them for their service.

Lauren Dickason is now in Hillmorton Hospital awaiting a psychiatric assessment before the judge will decide on her sentence.