Mother killed her two children 'because she didn't want her husband to have them', court told

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Mother killed her two children 'because she didn't want her husband to have them', court told
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Veronique John, who is on trial for murder, claimed she was 'not a monster' after killing her seven-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son, jurors heard.

A mother dialled 999 and told the operator 'I just killed my two kids' after attacking them with a knife, a court has been told. Veronique John killed her seven-year-old daughter Elizabeth and 11-year-old son Ethan because she did not want her husband to have them, prosecutors told Nottingham Crown Court.

That day she just erupted, killed her children and attacked Nathan,' he said. Read more from Sky News:Madeleine McCann suspect could be freed from prisonRapper Foolio shot deadFamily of missing Jay Slater holds on to hope John killed her children hours after making a 'chilling' internet search asking, 'Can a foreigner be charged with murder in the UK?', Mr Grieves-Smith said.

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