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| French baby-killing mother jailed | |
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| A French woman who admitted killing three of her own babies and hiding two of them in a freezer has been sentenced to eight years in jail. | A French woman who admitted killing three of her own babies and hiding two of them in a freezer has been sentenced to eight years in jail. |
| Veronique Courjault secretly gave birth and then killed two babies at her expatriate home in South Korea before putting their bodies in the freezer. | Veronique Courjault secretly gave birth and then killed two babies at her expatriate home in South Korea before putting their bodies in the freezer. |
| She admitted killing another child in France in 1999. | She admitted killing another child in France in 1999. |
| The court in Tours, central France, rejected the argument that she had been suffering from "pregnancy denial". | |
| Mrs Courjault is heavyset and her husband, Jean-Louis, has said he was unaware she was even pregnant. | |
| He has been cleared of any involvement. | |
| He has steadfastly stood by his wife, visiting her regularly in prison, where she has spent three years in pre-trial detention. |