A U.S. mother today admitted stabbing to death her three young children in their UK home as she was locked in a bitter court battle with her estranged husband.
Theresa Riggi, from California, knifed her eight-year-old twins Austin and Luke and their five-year-old sister Cecilia in their home in Scotland.
She was fighting her estranged husband Pasquale Riggi, from Colorado, in the courts over access to the children.
The couple had moved to Edinburgh 13 years ago.
Their bodies were discovered following a suspected gas explosion in August last year at the townhouse they shared with their mother.
She was arrested in connection with the children’s deaths after post-mortem examinations, and a specially-convened court was held inside Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, where she was being treated.
