British woman, Lianne Smith, found guilty of killing her two children in a Lloret hotel

She used a plastic bag to suffocate the children, fearing that they would be taken into care.Lianne Smith arriving in court in Girona The jury in the Provincial Court in Girona has found the 45 year old British woman, Lianne Smith, guilty of killing her two children at the Hotel Miramar in Lloret de Mar on May 17 2010. She used a plastic bag to smother 5 year old Rebecca and 11 month old Daniel. The deaths came when her partner, Martin Smith – although the couple were not married, was extradited from Spain to the UK on charges of sexual abuse of another daughter Lianne Smith had from a previous relationship. Martin Smith’s body was found in January this year in his UK prison cell. He had hanged himself. Scared that the British social services would come after the children, she told the court she killed them ‘out of love’. But the prosecution described the murders as ‘abominable’. Medical experts told the court that Lianne Smith, ‘knew what she was doing, but believed that it was better for the children to die than to go to a reception centre’. The Prosecutor reduced his request to a 19 year sentence for each crime down to 17 years because of the confession. Lianne Smith declined her right to the last word in the court.