A woman killed her seven-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son in what a judge described as a “frenzied attack on two defenceless children”.
Ethan John was stabbed 21 times, Nottingham Crown Court heard, while his sister Elizabeth was also stabbed and left with a severe brain injury in the attacks at their family home in Stoke-on-Trent in June 2023.
Veronique John was charged with murder, as well as the attempted murder of her husband, but was ruled unfit to enter a plea due to mental illness.
In a trial of the facts, a jury concluded on Monday that the 50-year-old inflicted the fatal injuries.
