Davina and Jasmine Kumari-Baker were murdered by their mother who stabbed them to death at their home in Stretham, Cambridgeshire, England, while they slept on 13 June 2007.
[1][3] In 2010 the BBC stated that the punishment was "one of the longest jail terms given to a woman in the UK in modern times.
"[4] On the day of the murders, Rekha Kumari-Baker took her two daughters on a shopping trip to the Lakeside Centre, near Thurrock, Essex.
The younger daughter Jasmine, aged 13, was found dead in her bed stabbed 29 times.
[2] Judge Mr Justice Bean said that Rekha Kumari-Baker desired to "retaliate against David Baker and destroy the happiness in his life", but also said that her motive could not be fully determined by investigators.