A mother who murdered her two young sons in the bath in east London has been sentenced to life imprisonment in what police have described as “an incredibly tragic case”.
Kara Alexander, 47, from Dagenham, was found guilty of killing Elijah Thomas, aged two, and Marley Thomas, aged five, at their home in Cornwallis Road in December 2022.
At Kingston Crown Court on Friday, Mr Justice Bennathan sentenced Alexander to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 21 years and 252 days.
Met Police detective Paul Waller said to the family and friends of Elijah and Marley that “no amount of time will erase the pain of such a loss but I hope this sentence serves to bring some semblance of justice”. Post-mortem examinations concluded that the boys had drowned.
