AFP / Yahoo News: Alleged Australia child killer 'coping as best she can' [Obviously guilt is for a court to decide, but why is this AFP reporter so bizarrely empathetic? Sort of like: 'The accused Boston Strangler woke up struggling with painful repetitive stress syndrome in his hands and fingers ...' --tma]

Alleged Australia child killer 'coping as best she can'

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Sydney (AFP) - An Australian mother charged with killing eight children will have her case heard in January, a court said Monday, as she struggles to come to terms with what happened.

Raina Mersane Ina Thaiday, 37, also known as Mersane Warria, is accused of eight counts of murder after the bodies of the children were found in a house in the northern city of Cairns on Friday morning.

Seven of them were hers and she was an aunt to the eighth. The children -- four girls and four boys -- were aged between two and 14. ...

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