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Samira Lupidi stabbed her two girls while
staying in Bradford refuge centre
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17-month-old Jasmine Weaver and Evelyn Lupidi,
3, knifed to death in bed
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Mother admitted manslaughter on the grounds of
diminished responsibility
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But a jury today took just 90 minutes to convict
her of her daughters' killing
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Grandfather Peter Weaver said girls were 'robbed
of their precious lives'
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Samira Lupidi has been told she must serve a minimum of 24
years in prison after stabbing her two young daughters to death
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A devastated grandfather has paid tribute to his two young
granddaughters who were murdered by their 24-year-old mother as they slept,
claiming they have been 'robbed of their precious lives'.
Peter Weaver said the family of 17-month-old Jasmine Weaver
and three-year-old Evelyn Lupidi had been left 'utterly devastated' after the
girls were stabbed to death by their mother Samira Lupid at a women's refuge in
Bradford, West Yorkshire, in November last year.
Lupidi was jailed for life this afternoon at Bradford Crown
Court by Mr Justice Edis, who said the girls were 'both as vulnerable as anyone
can be'.
Speaking after the case, the girls' grandfather said: 'We
have been left utterly devastated at the tragic events last November.
'We were preparing to celebrate Evelyn and Jasmine's
christening, that should have been a joy, but instead Evelyn and Jasmine were
cruelly taken away from us.
'We will all remember that day.
'Our lives are now filled with sorrow and our broken hearts
will never heal.
'The girls were typical toddlers, always wanting to play and
always happy but never far away from being from being mischievous.
'They have been robbed of their precious lives and we, as a
family, have been robbed of being able to watch these beautiful girls grow into
beautiful young women.
'They were loved deeply and are missed terribly.'
Lupidi was told today she must serve a minimum of 24 years
in prison after murdering her two young daughters 'in a spasm of violence'.
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The young mother stabbed 17-month-old Jasmine Weaver (left)
and three-year-old Evelyn Lupidi (right) to death at a women's refuge in
Bradford, West Yorkshire, in November last year
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| The young mother stabbed 17-month-old Jasmine Weaver (left) and three-year-old Evelyn Lupidi (right) to death at a women's refuge in Bradford, West Yorkshire, in November last year |
She admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished
responsibility but denied murdering them.
However, she was found guilty of both killings by a jury of
six men and six women after just 90 minutes of deliberation this morning,
sobbing uncontrollably as the verdict was announced.
Sentencing Lupidi in her absence after she failed to
re-enter the court room this afternoon, 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 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 that you would not
see the children again.'
He continued: 'You killed the things you loved in a
temporary rage, which will have everlasting and disastrous consequences for
you.
'This passion was not long lasting, but it lasted long enough
to see them both dead.
'Even a week later you were telling the prison medical staff
that the most important thing was that Carl Weaver was suffering.'
The judge said Lupidi stabbed each of her daughters nine
times after arguments continued with her partner by phone.
He said: 'You killed Evelyn first and then Jasmine. Jasmine,
you say later, had been crying while you were killing her sister in a way she had
never cried before.
'They were each killed with nine violent blows to the chest
with a large knife.
'It does not take much imagination to know what that
dreadful scene and the way in which Jasmine has died has traumatised their
father who has only just learned of it.
'These were very grave murders. There were two victims and
they were both as vulnerable as anyone could be. They trusted you.
'The Weaver family, especially Carl, the girls' father, has
suffered dreadfully because of the loss of these two beautiful girls and their
lives, I am sure, will never be the same again.'
Mr Edis told the court that Italian Lupidi was friendless
and alone in a foreign country and came to see her partner's family as 'the
enemy'.
He said that once she had fallen out with Mr Weaver, she
'reacted...by saying: 'If I cannot have them, neither can he.
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Samira Lupidi (pictured, with daughter Evelyn), 24, sobbed
uncontrollably after being found guilty of murdering her two young girls
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The judge continued: 'This is a crime that speaks of rage
and I sentence you on the basis that you killed them in anger and out of a
desire for revenge.
'Even a week later you were telling the prison medical staff
that the most important thing was that Carl Weaver was suffering.'
He added that he accepted Lupidi was a 'good mother' who is
genuinely remorseful for what she has done, but that 'you have, in ending these
two lives and ruining so many others, destroyed your own.'
There were shouts of 'yes' from the packed public gallery as
the guilty verdicts against Lupidi were read out earlier today.
Upon hearing the decision, Lupidi, dressed sombrely in a
grey jumper and white shirt with beige trousers, sat in tears with her head
bowed. She was offered small comfort by a female security guard.
The week-long trial heard how she and the girls ended up in
the refuge after the panicked mother called police to her home in Heckmondwike,
West Yorkshire.
She told officers that the girls' father - her now former
partner Carl Weaver, 31 - slapped her twice the night before and she was scared
he was going to kill her.
She claimed she was suffering depression and paranoia as she
did not speak English, and lived an isolated life.
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The jury heard staff at the refuge found Lupidi running out
of the flat she had been allocated, shouting that she had 'killed the children'
(pictured together)
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The week-long trial heard how she and the girls ended up in
the refuge after the panicked mother called police to her home in Heckmondwike,
West Yorkshire
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The jury heard that the following day staff at the refuge
found Lupidi running out of the flat she had been allocated, shouting that she
had 'killed the children'.
Both girls were found on their beds, each with nine stab
wounds to the chest.
The court was told the defendant had blood smeared on her
hands when she ran from the room.
Lupidi admitted that she killed the girls but claimed she
was suffering from diminished responsibility at the time. She provided no
evidence during her trial.
But the jury refuted her defence, instead accepting the
prosecution's case that she knew what she was doing when she suffocated then
stabbed her daughters as they fought and struggled.
The girls' father, a car valet, was falsely accused of
domestic violence by his ex, who the jury heard had a 'complete
misinterpretation of reality'.
She feared Mr Weaver was plotting her death and that he
wanted to take the girls away from her.
Lupidi had a poor upbringing. Her mother Marietta was an
abusive alcoholic and her father Dario treated his daughter as a 'scivvy' at
home for him and her two brothers.
In a statement read during her trial, Mr Weaver explained
how they met via the internet when he was working in Italy.
He went on to say: 'Her mother was violent towards all three
children and she tried to kill all the children by opening a gas pipe.'
Lupidi's father disapproved when his daughter fell pregnant.
When Mr Weaver lost his job it was decided the pair would return to England
together.
They set up home in Heckmondwike. Lupidi spoke in 'broken
English' and was isolated having no bank account and no job.
She gave birth to Jasmine on June 26, 2014, with the couple
discovering soon after that Evelyn was
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Lupidi (left) admitted manslaughter on the grounds of
diminished responsibility but denied murdering the girls. There were shouts of
'yes' from the packed public gallery - which included the family of her former
partner Carl Weaver (right), 31 - as the verdicts were read out
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Lupidi (left) admitted manslaughter on the grounds of
diminished responsibility but denied murdering the girls. There were shouts of
'yes' from the packed public gallery - which included the family of her former
partner Carl Weaver (right), 31 - as the verdicts were read out
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Despite their daughter's problematic behaviour, Mr Weaver
said Lupidi always coped and never lost her temper, adding that she was 'a
wonderful mother'.
But she is believed to have thought people were against her
and was extremely jealous if Mr Weaver returned home late from work and she
would go through his Facebook account.
He said they had heated arguments but he was never
physically violent towards her.
Speaking after the sentencing, Det Chief Insp Richard
Holmes, who led the investigation, said: 'This has been a tragic case and one
which has a devastating effect on all these involved, not least the family of
Evelyn and Jasmine whose lives were taken so tragically from them.
'We may never know why Miss Lupidi took the tragic actions
she did last November but hope that with the length of sentence that's been
passed today she'll be able to consider the consequences of her actions.
'We hope that the length of sentence can provide some level
of comfort and solace to the family of Evelyn and Jasmine at such a desperate
time for them.
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