Woman appears in Timaru court charged with murdering her three young daughters

She made her first court appearance this morning.

Forty-year-old Lauren Anne Dickason has appeared in the Timaru District court on Saturday morning, charged with the murder of her three young daughters - Maya, Karla and Liane.

The accused, who is yet to register a plea, stood quietly in the dock with her arms wrapped around herself, often looking at the floor.

No members of the public or support people were permitted in the courtroom for the brief first appearance due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Judge Dominic Dravitski has remanded Dickason to Hillmorton Hospital in Christchurch for a mental health assessment under section 38.

She will next appear in the High Court at Timaru on October 5.

Dickason was  charged with the murder  of the three sisters - two-year-old twins and a six-year-old - on Friday.

Three young children were found dead at a Parkside property.

She appeared in the Timaru District Court on Saturday morning.

The girl's were killed following an incident at a Queen Street property on Thursday night.

Those involved had recently arrived from South Africa and had only been out of managed isolation in the past week.

It's understood those affected had a "small network of friends" in New Zealand, but all family is based overseas.

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