Mother admits murdering children by driving into lake

A mother has admitted killing three of her children by driving them into a lake in southern Australia. Akon Guode, 37, killed one-year-old Bol and four-year-old twins Hanger and Madit in Melbourne’s south-west in 2015. Another child, six-year-old Alual, was also in the car but survived. In the Supreme Court of Victoria, Guode pleaded guilty […]

A mother has admitted killing three of her children by driving them into a lake in southern Australia.
Akon Guode, 37, killed one-year-old Bol and four-year-old twins Hanger and Madit in Melbourne’s south-west in 2015.
Another child, six-year-old Alual, was also in the car but survived.
In the Supreme Court of Victoria, Guode pleaded guilty to one count of infanticide, two counts of murder and one of attempted murder.
She entered her pleas with help from an interpreter. Guode arrived in Australia from South Sudan in 2008.