UK-LD KILLING 2 LAST

The court heard there was "much contention" between her
and her ex-husband over the care and custody of their
children. One theory was that Kumari-Baker wanted to "wreak
havoc" on her ex-husband David Baker by killing the girls.

She had also been distressed by a break-up of a
relationship with her boyfriend Jeff Powell, the court heard.

Psychiatrist Lyle Hamilton, who was called to give
evidence by Kumari-Baker's lawyers, said medical literature
showed that women had killed children because they were
"mentally ill" and because they were a "retaliatory type".

He said Kumari-Baker displayed a combination of both
categories. But Neil Hunt, a consultant psychiatrist, told
jurors he did not think there was evidence of any mental
illness, despite her "extreme and unusual behaviour".

After the verdicts, Detective Inspector Jim McCrorie
said: "It became clear, as this investigation progressed, that
Rekha Kumari-Baker set out to murder her children".

"Only she will know the reasons why she carried out
such a vicious and deliberate attack as they lay sleeping in
their beds. They were two innocent teenagers who were killed
by the person they should have been able to trust most in this
world. In 25 years in the police service I have never before
investigated such an upsetting or sickening crime," he said.

After the hearing, businessman Baker said "not a day
passes" when he did not think of Davina and Jasmine.

"I was robbed of my daughters by an act of calculated
viciousness by a woman who, having given life to them, in her
vindictive mind believed she also had a right to take that
life from them. She will now pay the price for this." PTI PS
SDE


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