MUM WHO KILLED DAUGHTERS GETS 24YRS

A MUM who murdered her two young daughters “in a spasm of violence” has been told she must serve a minimum of 24 years in jail.

Samira Lupidi, 24 ( left), stabbed 17-month-old Jasmine Weaver and three-year-old Evelyn Lupidi at a women’s refuge in November last year.

Lupidi was jailed for life at Bradford Crown Court by Mr Justice Edis, who heard how Lupidi was placed in a refuge with the girls after she called cops to their home in Heckmondwike, West Yorks, claiming her partner Carl Weaver had been violent.

Sentencing Lupidi in her absence, the judge acknowledged she was suffering from a depressive disorder at the time of the “violent rage” which led to the killings.

He said: “I believe that you killed these children in a spasm of violence triggered by a weekend of violent arguments. You had formed a delusional belief that you were in danger of being killed and that you were going to be abandoned and would not see the children again.”

The judge said Lupidi stabbed each of her daughters nine times after arguments continued with her partner by phone.

Lupidi had admitted manslaughter but denied murder.