Custody battle mother jailed for killing 3 children

A MOTHER who stabbed her three young children to death after fearing she would lose them in a bitter custody battle was jailed for 16 years yesterday.

Custody battle mother jailed for killing 3 children

Theresa Riggi, 47, killed her eight-year-old twins Austin and Luke and her five-year-old daughter Cecilia at their Edinburgh home last August.

The youngsters’ bloodstained bodies were discovered lying side by side at the Slateford Road townhouse following a gas explosion at the building, each with eight stab wounds and multiple abrasions and bruises.

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