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| New York nanny Yoselyn Ortega denies murder charges | New York nanny Yoselyn Ortega denies murder charges |
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| A New York City nanny has pleaded not guilty to stabbing to death two young children in her charge last month. | A New York City nanny has pleaded not guilty to stabbing to death two young children in her charge last month. |
| Yoselyn Ortega entered the plea in hospital, where she is being treated for stab wounds. Police say she stabbed herself after killing the children. | Yoselyn Ortega entered the plea in hospital, where she is being treated for stab wounds. Police say she stabbed herself after killing the children. |
| Ms Ortega, 50, has been charged with murdering Lucia Krim, six, and her two-year-old brother Leo on 25 October. | Ms Ortega, 50, has been charged with murdering Lucia Krim, six, and her two-year-old brother Leo on 25 October. |
| Their mother, Marina Krim, returned home to find the children dead in a bathtub and Ms Ortega bleeding heavily. | Their mother, Marina Krim, returned home to find the children dead in a bathtub and Ms Ortega bleeding heavily. |
| Father Kevin Krim, a CNBC television executive, was away on a business trip. | Father Kevin Krim, a CNBC television executive, was away on a business trip. |
| On Wednesday a judge ordered Ms Ortega held without bail pending a psychiatric examination. | On Wednesday a judge ordered Ms Ortega held without bail pending a psychiatric examination. |
| Ms Ortega was handcuffed to a bed at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York's Manhattan borough during the proceedings. | |
| She wore a blue hairnet, had a tube in her throat, and lay under a white blanket, appearing alert, the Associated Press reported. | |
| No flowers photographs or other personal items were displayed in the hospital room. | |
| Ms Ortega was charged with four counts of murder. | |
| She entered her pleas through her lawyer, Valerie Van Leer-Greenberg, who said: "I ask you to enter a not guilty plea on behalf of my client." | She entered her pleas through her lawyer, Valerie Van Leer-Greenberg, who said: "I ask you to enter a not guilty plea on behalf of my client." |
| Ms Leer-Greenberg told a judge her client was "profoundly, medically impaired and in need of medical attention". | |
| Mrs Krim had chronicled her children's upbringing in a blog, Life with the Little Krim Kids, which has since been taken offline. | Mrs Krim had chronicled her children's upbringing in a blog, Life with the Little Krim Kids, which has since been taken offline. |