Cannabis addict mum is GUILTY of murdering her two sons then leaving bodies in bunk bed for their dad to find
A CANNABIS addict mum has been found guilty of murdering her two sons then leaving their bodies in a bunk bed for their dad to find.
Kara Alexander drowned or smothered two-year-old Elijah Thomas and Marley Thomas, five, at home in Dagenham, East London.
The 47-year-old then barricaded the door to their bedroom using her sons’ toys.
When their dad Selvin Thomas came to pick up Elijah and Marley for a weekend visit, Alexander claimed they were sleeping.
The dad went to their bedroom to find the boys were both lying dead together on the lower bunk of their shared bed.
He ran downstairs screaming “Kara, Kara, Kara. What the f**k? You’ve killed my children.”
Alexander has now been found guilty of murder after just six hours and 54 minutes of jury deliberation.
Kingston Crown Court heard Selvin and Alexander had split up three months before the horror.
On December 16, 2022, he had gone to her home where he made the tragic discovery.
Prosecutor Philip Evans KC said: “[Elijah and Marley] were bunched up together and it looked like they were asleep.
“They had the duvet up to their shoulders, only their faces were visible.
“He touched Marley’s face, on his right cheek, and he was freezing cold and hard. He knew immediately that they were dead and thought they had been dead for some time.”
Selvin called 999 to tell them “she killed my children” as Alexander fled the home through gardens on to a neighbouring street.
The dad continued: “I said ‘Where are the children?’ she said ‘They’re in bed’, so I’ve gone to check on my children.
“She’s run across, now she’s running to a neighbour’s house, jumped the fence, my children are dead, they’re dead. They’re both in the bottom bunk freezing cold.
“She’s lost her mind and I don’t know what she’s done, she’s killed both my little boys.”
There was no sign that anyone else other than her had entered or been in the house, the court heard.
Following her arrest, Alexander told police she had left the boys in the bath alone while she smoked cannabis.
Post mortems found traces of the drug in the blood of both Elijah and Marley.
The mum had been in contact with at least two dealers during this period, the court heard.
Mr Evans said: “Such exposure could have occurred from being in an enclosed space where cannabis was being smoked in the hours leading up to death.”
Alexander admitted two charges of gross negligence manslaughter by breaching the duty of care she owed her sons but the prosecution did not accept her pleas.
The mum will be sentenced on a later date.