Monday, March 22, 2010

Mother who murdered six newborns sentenced to 15 years in jail

A ‘serial killer’ mother has been jailed for 15 years for murdering six of her newborn children in as many years and hiding their tiny corpses in a cellar. In one of the worst infanticide cases in history, 38-year-old Frenchwoman Celine Lesage strangled two of her children with a cord and choked four others by placing her finger in their mouths. Prosecutors – who described her as a ‘serial killer’ - had sought a 16-year prison sentence for Lesage with no early release before half the term was served, but accepted 15. DailyMail

2 comments:

  1. Absolutely horrific. Not only the crime, but the sentence. Just sad.

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  2. I agree. I wonder what the normal sentence is, if this reflects it, or if it's low because they were infants.

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