GUILTY UK - Olivia, 4, twins Ben & Max Clarence, 3, smothered, London, 22 April 2014

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Jane Peel ‏@JanePeelNews 24 mins24 minutes ago

Prosecution: Letters written by Tania Clarence show she planned the killings. They were not spontaneous

 

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Rebecca Williams ‏@RebeccaTVnews 11 mins11 minutes ago

Court hears how Tania Clarence smothered 3 of her children on her eldest child's birthday

 

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Jane Peel @JanePeelNews · 26 mins 26 minutes ago

Prosecution: Olivia, Ben and Max Clarence were confined to wheelchairs, not capable of sitting upright without support

 

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Jane Peel @JanePeelNews · 38 secs 39 seconds ago

Prosecution says Tania and Gary Clarence frustrated some medics by rejecting advice on treatment for their sick children

 

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Jane Peel @JanePeelNews · 1 min 1 minute ago

By 2013 relations between doctors and Tania & Gary Clarence were in crisis - child protection measures were considered

 

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Jane Peel @JanePeelNews · 2 mins 2 minutes ago

Prosecution: Tania & Gary Clarence believed in quality of life over longevity

 

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Mother suffocated her children with a nappy (diaper) because she 'could not carry on'

http://newsinlondon.com/tania-clarence-suffocated-disabled-children-because-she-could-not-carry-on/

 

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Rebecca Williams @RebeccaTVnews · 2 mins 2 minutes ago

Up to 60 professionals were involved in the children's care, sometimes visiting the Clarence home in groups unannounced.

 

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Rebecca Williams @RebeccaTVnews · 1 hr 1 hour ago

Court hears how Tania Clarence would have had an abortion had she known her children had SMA

Rebecca Williams @RebeccaTVnews · 1 hr 1 hour ago

Court told how Tania Clarence smothered her children with a nappy so they couldn't smell her...

 

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'Clarence killed her children after tricking their nanny into leaving her alone with them.

Gary Clarence was on holiday in South Africa with their eldest child, eight year-old girl Taya, at the time of the attack on the evening of 22 April this year.

The nanny, Jadna Coelho, known as Jade, looked after the children at her own home during Easter and texted their mother to say they were 'happy and healthy'.

But on April 21, Clarence sent a series text messages asking her to bring them back to the family home in New Malden.'

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...105?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

 

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Jane Peel ‏@JanePeelNews 2m2 minutes ago

Prosecution will continue its case against Tania Clarence at the Old Bailey at 2pm

 

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'The court also heard tributes from teachers to the children.

Ben and Max were described as "chatty, full of smiles with a real sense of fun".

They were "eager for new experiences," Miss Johnson said.

Olivia was "unwaveringly cheerful and positive" and "very matter of fact about her disability," she added.

Olivia "loved dinosaurs and she loved dressing up as a princess," she said.'

http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/1...orted_twins__had_they_known_about_disability/

 

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Everyone just stopped tweeting the trial at lunch and didn't come back. No idea what's happening.

There is still a possibility judge will announce sentence today, but nothing's certain

 

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Jane Peel @JanePeelNews · 1 hr 1 hour ago

Pros: Tania Clarence's rational wish not to prolong suffering distorted into irrational decision to kill children

Jane Peel @JanePeelNews · 1 hr 1 hour ago

Pros: These were mercy killings but Tania Clarence's culpability is "not completely extinguished"

Jane Peel @JanePeelNews · 49 mins 49 minutes ago

Pros: Tania Clarence failed to address her own depression and retained some culpability for killing her children

 

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Jane Peel @JanePeelNews · 44 mins 44 minutes ago

Tania Clarence's barrister Jim Sturman QC now making his submissions at the sentencing hearing

Jane Peel @JanePeelNews · 41 mins 41 minutes ago

Tania Clarence Defence: These were 3 children she adored. No evidence she'd have harmed them were she not ill

Jane Peel @JanePeelNews · 31 mins 31 minutes ago

Dr Philip Joseph, consultant forensic psychiatrist, giving evidence at Tania Clarence sentencing hearing

 

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Jane Peel @JanePeelNews · 28 mins 28 minutes ago

Dr Philip Joseph: Tania Clarence's culpability or blameworthiness for killing her children "low"

Jane Peel @JanePeelNews · 18 mins 18 minutes ago

Dr Philip Joseph agrees Tania Clarence had parallel intentions - to kill the children and herself

Jane Peel @JanePeelNews · 8 mins 8 minutes ago

The psychiatrist treating Tania Clarence says "excellent psychological progress" would be jeopardised if she's jailed.

 

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I've got so used to South African trials with Oscar Pistorius and Shrien Dewani, I really thought the court had all just decided to adjourn for the day after lunch. I forgot English trials tend to use the whole day - and English reporters who cover them to drop live coverage halfway through, without warning. Only Jane Peel's continued.

 

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BreakingnewsSA♕ ‏ ‏@BreakingnewsSA 10 mins10 minutes ago

SA mom had disagreements with medical experts before killing kids: The court heard Tania Clarence's relationsh... http://bit.ly/1x1mr9e

 

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News@Web ‏@NewsatWeb 4 mins4 minutes ago

Mum Wrote To Husband Between Child Killings - Tania Clarence court case http://ow.ly/2QGnjR

*I hope to heaven the children didn't stay in the same room. It's horrible to think one might have had to watch siblings die, then wait while mother wrote a letter, for his or her turn. The daily mirror reported that police said the crime scene was 'grotesque', with toy cars etc, placed around the chidren's heads. It also said many details of the scene were too distressing to report.

 

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'A social worker assigned to the family of Tania Clarence, who killed her three disabled children earlier this year, was unexpectedly replaced amid fears she was geeting too close, a court has heard.....

The reaction of the original social worker was to resign.

Miss Johnson said it was “perhaps an ill-conceived decision” to have replaced her.'

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/...ker_replaced_for_getting__too_close_/?ref=rss