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Mum knew it was 'right day to kill kids' (AAP)

                   
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May 16, 2008
        
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A Melbourne woman knew it was the right day to kill her two sons because they both seemed happy, a jury has heard. A Supreme Court jury heard Donna Fitchett, 49, was crying when she made the comments to nurse Kaylene Bradford. "They were happy this morning and I knew that today was the day," she... [read full story]                    

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Boys 'happy' the day they died

 theage.com.au May 16, 2008
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Boys 'happy' the day they died

theage.com.au
May 16, 2008
        

A Melbourne woman knew it was the right day to kill her two sons because they both seemed happy, a jury has heard. A Supreme Court jury heard Donna Fitchett, 49, was crying when she made the comments to nurse Kaylene Bradford, who gave evidence today. "They were happy this morning and I knew that...

                   
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Mum 'knew it was right day to kill kids'

news.com.au
May 16, 2008
        

A MELBOURNE woman knew it was the right day to kill her two sons because they both seemed happy, a jury has heard. A Supreme Court jury heard Donna Fitchett, 49, was crying when she made the comments to nurse Kaylene Bradford. "They were happy this morning and I knew that today was the day,'' she...

                   

Right day to kill kids, court told

news.com.au
May 16, 2008
        

A MELBOURNE woman knew it was the right day to kill her two sons because they both seemed happy, a jury has heard. A Supreme Court jury heard Donna Fitchett, 49, was crying when she made the comments to nurse Kaylene Bradford. "They were happy this morning and I knew that today was the day,'' she...

                   

Accused mum 'wanted to keep sons safe'

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May 16, 2008
        

A WOMAN accused of murdering her two young sons said she wanted to keep them free from harm, a court has been told. Donna Fitchett 49, has pleaded not guilty to murdering her sons Thomas, 11, and Matthew, 9, at the family home in Melbourne's Balwyn North on September 6, 2005. Her husband David...

                   

Mother 'a mess' before killing sons

theage.com.au
May 15, 2008
        

A DEVOTED mother was a "shattered mess" who quoted conspiracy theories the day before she killed her two sons, a Supreme Court jury was told yesterday. Donna Fitchett, now 48, suggested the Howard government put Martin Bryant up to the Port Arthur killings, and a BHP employee killed former prime...

                   

Dad returns to find sons' dead bodies

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May 15, 2008
        

A MELBOURNE father wept in court today as he recalled coming home from work to find the cold bodies of his two sons in their beds after they had allegedly been strangled by their mother. David Fitchett told a jury he arrived home to a darkened house where he found the bruised and cold bodies of...

                   

Father 'found sons dead in bedroom'

theage.com.au
May 15, 2008
        

In a tape-recorded telephone call played to the Supreme Court today, the father of two boys killed by their mother pleaded for an ambulance to be called to their home. David Fitchett stood in the witness box with his head bowed as the tape was played before a murder trial jury. In the recording,...

                   

Murder-accused mum 'wanted to die'

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May 15, 2008
        

A WOMAN on trial for the murder of her two sons hoped to die with them, a court has been told. Donna Fitchett, 49, has pleaded not guilty to murdering her sons Thomas, 11 and Matthew, nine, at their Balwyn North home in inner Melbourne, on the evening of September 6, 2005. The boys were...

                   
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Boy tried to fight off killer mum, jury told

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May 14, 2008
        

A MUM struggled with her young son as she tried to suffocate him, stopping only to put the family's dog outside, before returning to kill him, a jury has heard. In a letter to a psychologist the day sons Thomas, 11, and Matthew, 9, died, Donna Fitchett said she planned to drug them, the Supreme...

                   
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Boy struggled to fight mum suffocating him

news.com.au
May 14, 2008
        

A MUM struggled with her young son as she tried to suffocate him, stopping only to put the family's dog outside, before returning to kill him, a jury has heard. In a letter to a psychologist the day sons Thomas, 11, and Matthew, 9, died, Donna Fitchett said she planned to drug them, the Supreme...

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