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33 years for killing 2 daughters

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-09-23 09:11

A mother who stabbed her teenage daughters to death as they slept at their home was given two life sentences yesterday, and told she must serve at least 33 years in jail.

Rekha Kumari-Baker was found guilty at Cambridge Crown Court of using two kitchen knives to stab 16-year-old Davina 37 times and 13-year-old Jasmine 29 times.

Jurors were told that Kumari-Baker was unhappy about a new relationship her ex-husband had entered into. She was also upset by the break-up of her relationship with her new boyfriend.