Met PoliceA mom who murdered her two younger sons within the tub in east London has been sentenced to life imprisonment in what police have described as “an extremely tragic case”.
Kara Alexander, 47, of Dagenham, was discovered responsible of killing Elijah Thomas, two, and Marley Thomas, 5, at their residence in Cornwallis Highway in December 2022.
At Kingston Crown Courtroom on Friday, Mr Justice Bennathan sentenced Alexander to life imprisonment with a minimal time period of 21 years and 252 days.
Met Police detective Paul Waller mentioned to the household and associates of Elijah and Marley, that “no period of time will erase the ache of such a loss however I hope this sentence serves to deliver some semblance of justice”.
‘Hang-out her eternally’
Put up-mortem examinations concluded the boys had drowned.
The jury beforehand heard how the kids’s father was on account of take care of the boys through the upcoming weekend and have become involved as Alexander had not contacted him.
On arrival at their residence, she informed him the kids have been upstairs sleeping, the courtroom was informed.
However when he went upstairs, he discovered the boys’ our bodies collectively within the decrease bunk of their shared bunk mattress wearing pyjamas, having died a number of hours earlier.
Det Ch Insp Waller mentioned: “That is an extremely tragic case, which has left a father with out his two beloved boys and a household with out two younger brothers.
“Kara Alexander will spend the subsequent 20 years behind bars, the place the reminiscence of what she has executed will hang-out her eternally.
“I hope now you can transfer on together with your life, remembering the boys as you knew them, and treasuring the comfortable instances you spent with them.”
