In 2021, Lauren Anne Dickason murdered her three daughters after the family moved to New Zealand. The court found her guilty of the three murders in 2023, but her sentencing was still pending. Today, the court sentenced Lauren Dickason to 18 years in a mental health unit.
The evening of the murders, Graham went out with colleagues. Dickason was alone with the children, according to an article published in. Dickason claimed that the children were misbehaving. She then made up a game of necklaces, placing cable ties around the children’s necks. Crown prosecutor Andrew McRae informed the court that the children were asphyxiated but did not die.
Consequently, he sentenced Lauren Dickason her to three determinate sentences of 18 years, to be served concurrently at a mental health facility – Hillmorton Hospital.