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A mother who murdered her two young sons in the bath in east London has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Kara Alexander, 47, of Dagenham, was found guilty of murdering Elijah Thomas, two, and Marley Thomas, five, at their home in Cornwallis Road in December 2022.
At Kingston Crown Court on Friday, Mr Justice Bennathan sentenced Alexander to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 21 years and 252 days.
Post-mortem examinations concluded the boys had either drowned or suffocated.
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