Australia: Rat poison mum guilty of manslaughter

Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2009-09-12 18:36

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'A Sydney woman who killed her children with rat poison has been found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter.

The woman pleaded not guilty to murdering her children by reason of mental illness.

She gave her three-year-old daughter and four-year-old son rat poison before smothering them in February last year.

In letters written at the time she blamed her husband's affair for her actions and claimed to be protecting her children by taking their lives.'

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