The trial in Britain of
24-year-old Italian Samira Lupidi on charges of stabbing to
death in Bradford her two daughters, Jasmine Weaver and Evelyn
Lupidi, aged one and three, has been set provisionally for May
9, judicial sources said.
Lupidi, from Martinsicuro in Teramo province appeared in
front of a local Crown Court Monday, the BBC reported.
According to the Yorkshire Post she appeared in a video
link for 11 minutes.
"Pallid face, dressed in a top and gray tracksuit
trousers, Lupidi looked at her hands in her lap all the time,"
the Post said, "she spoke only to confirm her name and when she
was told she would remain in custody".
The main question for the defense, according to the local
press, is the mental condition of the woman and her capacity to
understand what she was doing, meaning that psychiatric tests
will be carried out.
Future court sessions will use an Italian interpreter.
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