23 Sep 2021

Timaru tragedy: Vigil held for sisters

9:35 pm on 23 September 2021

About 300 people turned out in Timaru this evening for a candlelight vigil in honour of the three South African children who died there a week ago today.

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Photo: RNZ / Conan Young

Lauren Dickason is charged with the murder of her daughters: two-year-old twins Maya and Karla, and their six-year-old sister Liane.

Reverend Alan Cummins who has been supporting the girl's father, Graham Dickason, read a letter from him to the people of Timaru.

He said the support he had received had restored his faith in humanity.

The vigil was timed to happen at the same time as one in the family's home town of Pretoria.

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Photo: RNZ / Conan Young

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