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| Samira Lupidi: Mother guilty of murdering daughters | Samira Lupidi: Mother guilty of murdering daughters |
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| A mother who stabbed her two young daughters to death has been found guilty of murder. | A mother who stabbed her two young daughters to death has been found guilty of murder. |
| Samira Lupidi, 24, killed 17-month-old Jasmine Weaver and three-year-old Evelyn Lupidi at a refuge in Bradford in November. | Samira Lupidi, 24, killed 17-month-old Jasmine Weaver and three-year-old Evelyn Lupidi at a refuge in Bradford in November. |
| She was found guilty after a trial at Bradford Crown Court. | She was found guilty after a trial at Bradford Crown Court. |
| Lupidi had previously admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility but denied murdering the two girls. | Lupidi had previously admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility but denied murdering the two girls. |
| She was found guilty of both murders by a jury of six men and six women after 90 minutes of deliberation on Tuesday. | She was found guilty of both murders by a jury of six men and six women after 90 minutes of deliberation on Tuesday. |
| There were shouts of "yes" from the packed public gallery as the verdicts were read out. | There were shouts of "yes" from the packed public gallery as the verdicts were read out. |
| Lupidi sat with her head bowed, in tears, as she was comforted by a security guard. | |
| She is due to be sentenced later. | She is due to be sentenced later. |
| Feared losing children | |
| The court heard Lupidi and her girls ended up in the refuge in November after she called police to her home in West Yorkshire. | |
| She told officers Mr Weaver, 31, had slapped her twice the night before, though one of the officers told the jury there were no visible injuries. | |
| Lupidi, an Italian national, killed the two girls the morning after she moved to the refuge. | |
| Prosecutors said she stabbed the girls to death because she feared she may lose them to Mr Weaver. | |
| Peter Moulson QC said that moments after the killings Lupidi told a member of staff: "It's his fault. Now he has a reason to kill me. If I can't have them, he can't have them either. | |
| "He was coming to get me. I had to do this." | |
| The bodies of Jasmine and Evelyn were found on a bed at the refuge near a bloody kitchen knife. | |
| A post mortem examination revealed each girl had been stabbed nine times. |