Queensland mother found guilty of gassing kids

[spookyturtle 9,465]

There are crazy people all over the world.

A WOMAN has been found guilty of gassing her children to death in the family car so her ex-husband couldn't have custody of them on Christmas Day.

The Queensland Supreme Court trial heard the mother, who cannot be identified, started planning her children's deaths in October 2002 after being issued with a Family Court order stating they would spend Christmas Day with their dad.

One month later, on November 22, the bodies of her eight-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter were found in the garage of their home at Sandstone Point, near Bribie Island.

A third child - a 16-year-old son - survived.

Earlier in the trial, the Brisbane court was told there was no dispute that the 42-year-old woman killed her two younger children and tried to kill her teenage son.

Her defence team argued issues of mental instability and the woman pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and not guilty to the attempted murder of her 16-year-old son.

However the Supreme Court jury tonight disagreed, returning a guilty verdict to all three counts.

Justice Philip McMurdo will sentence the woman on Wednesday.

A guilty murder verdict carries with it mandatory life imprisonment.

Earlier in the trial, pathologist Dr Guy Lampe, who performed autopsies on the young boy and girl, said the children's bodies showed classic signs of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Dr Lampe said the skin and organs of the children all displayed "cherry pink discolouration'', and that there were traces of sleeping pills in their system.

He said it could take as little as 20 minutes for a child to die from carbon monoxide poisoning.

"If gases can't escape easily the level of carbon monoxide increases ultimately to be fatal to those within the space,'' he said.

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/queen...u0-122583237937

[trillium13 84]

jfc...

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

bad link

and an old story too.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

bad link

and an old story too.

Oops, I missed one digit when I copied and pasted. Try this. The story may me old, but the conviction was today.

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/queen...0-1225832379374

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

Oops, I missed one digit when I copied and pasted. Try this. The story may me old, but the conviction was today.

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/queen...0-1225832379374

did your spelling go down under too?

[spookyturtle 9,465]

did your spelling go down under too?

I've been taking lessons from Eric.

[Teacher Mark 53]

Austrailia sounds like a horrible place.

[Pooky 3,784]

Austrailia sounds like a horrible place.

Not really any different from the rest of the world.

Except for the Killer Koalas. Only Australia has them.