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Child killer due to be sentenced Ill woman killed son and daughter
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A woman who admitted killing her son and daughter is due to be sentenced. A woman who admitted killing her son and daughter has been detained indefinitely.
Vivian Gamor, 29, beat her son Antoine, 10, around the head and suffocated three-year-old Kenniece at their flat in Pembury Close, Hackney, east London.Vivian Gamor, 29, beat her son Antoine, 10, around the head and suffocated three-year-old Kenniece at their flat in Pembury Close, Hackney, east London.
But three doctors agreed her responsibility was diminished through paranoid schizophrenia. Their bodies were found on 27 January when police were called to the flat.
The role of social services is expected to be discussed at Wednesday's hearing after the judge said there were "implications" for them. Gamor was held under the Mental Health Act after the Old Bailey judge agreed her responsibility was diminished through paranoid schizophrenia.
One issue was a claim by the children's father that his concerns were "not taken into account". The court heard she was being treated for a serious mental illness but at the time of the killings had not been taking anti-psychotic drugs.
The bodies of the two children, who normally lived with their father elsewhere, were found on 27 January when police were called to the flat. Judge Peter Rook QC criticised the involvement of Hackney's social services department.
He said the case was a truly appalling tragedy that could have been avoided if Gamor had not been given unsupervised access to her children.
He added not enough weight had been given to the concerns of the children's father.