Convicted killer Lauren Dickason listens to the victim impact statements. Photo: Stuff / Pool / Alden Williams
Lauren Dickason has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for the 2021 murders of her three young daughters in their Timaru home.
Justice Cameron Mander handed down the sentence at the High Court at Christchurch this afternoon.
She will begin her sentence in an inpatient care and treatment unit as a special patient because of her mental condition, in accordance with the Mental Health Compulsory Assessment and Treatment Act.
Justice Mander told the court the girls were vulnerable because of their age, and entirely dependent on their mother, who they looked to for care and protection.
Lauren Dickason will be eligible for parole after she has served a third of her sentence.
See how the sentencing unfolded: