Cardinal visited killer Riggi in hospital

Herald Scotland – THE leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland visited a woman who killed her three children after she had been charged with their murder and was being assessed in a psychiatric unit, it has emerged. Cardinal Keith O’Brien made the “private pastoral” visit to Theresa Riggi, 47, while she was being monitored [...]

US campaigners call for Theresa Riggi to be executed

Press and Journal – Death penalty campaigners in the US are calling for Theresa Riggi’s execution when she returns to the country after her release in Scotland. She will be sentenced on April 26 at the High Court in Edinburgh after admitting killing her three children on a charge of culpable homicide on the grounds [...]

Mother guilty of killing her children

BBC – A mother has admitted killing her three young children at their Edinburgh home. Theresa Riggi, 47, pled guilty to a charge of culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility. She was originally charged with murder. Her eight-year-old twins Austin and Gianluca and their five-year-old sister Cecilia were found dead at their flat [...]

Child murder case mother at court

BBC – A mother accused of murdering her three young children wept as she appeared in a public court for the first time. Theresa Riggi, who previously lived in Aberdeenshire, is alleged to have killed eight-year-old twins Austin and Luke and their five-year-old sister Cecilia at their Edinburgh home in August 2010. The 47-year-old is [...]

Murder charge mother case delayed

BBC – A woman accused of murdering her three children has had a High Court appearance delayed. Theresa Riggi, 47, is accused of killing her eight-year-old twin sons, Austin and Luke and their sister, Cecilia, who was five. The children were found dead in Edinburgh on 4 August after moving to the city from Skene [...]

Date set for murder claim mother

BBC – A woman accused of murdering her three children is due to appear at the high court next month, the BBC Scotland news website has learned. Twins Austin and Luke Riggi, eight, and their sister Cecilia, five, were found dead in Edinburgh on 4 August, after moving from Skene, Aberdeenshire. Theresa Riggi, 46, was [...]

Murder accused mother remanded in custody

BBC – A woman who allegedly murdered her three children has been remanded in custody after an assessment order was revoked. Twins Austin and Luke Riggi, eight, and their sister Cecilia, five, were found dead in Edinburgh on 4 August, after moving from Skene, Aberdeenshire. Theresa Riggi, 46, was later charged with murder.

Children murder accused ‘to appear in court in person’

BBC – A woman charged with the murder of her three children will appear in court in person for the next stage of her case, BBC Scotland has learned. Twins Austin and Luke Riggi, eight, and their sister Cecilia, five, were found dead in Edinburgh on 4 August, after moving from Skene, Aberdeenshire. Theresa Riggi, [...]

Court date for children murder charge mother

BBC – A woman charged with the murder of her three children is due to have the next stage of her case heard in court next week, it has been announced. Twins Austin and Luke Riggi, eight, and their sister Cecilia, five, were found dead in Edinburgh on 4 August, after moving from Skene, Aberdeenshire. [...]

Riggi court set to take place in hospital

STV – A hospital room is expected to be designated as a Sheriff Court this afternoon for the first court appearance by an American woman charged with murdering her three children at a house in Edinburgh. Theresa Riggi was charged with killing eight-year-old twins Austin and Luke and their five-year-old sister Cecilia in the city’s [...]

Funeral for three Riggi children found dead at home

STV – The friends and family of three children found dead in their home gathered to remember them at their funeral. Eight-year-old twins Austin and Luke Riggi and their five-year-old sister Cecilia were discovered in an Edinburgh townhouse on August 4 following reports of an explosion. Their mother, Theresa Riggi, 46, who is being treated [...]

Riggi children’s funeral date set

BBC – The funerals of three children from Aberdeenshire allegedly murdered by their mother in an Edinburgh flat will take place on Friday. Twins Austin and Luke Riggi, eight, and their sister Cecilia, five, were found dead on 4 August, after moving to the capital from Skene. Their mother, Theresa Riggi, 46, has been charged [...]

City blast victims had north-east link

BBC – A mother is to be questioned by police over the deaths of her three young children at an Edinburgh flat.The children have been named as eight-year-old twins Luca and Austin Riggi, and their five-year-old sister Cecilia. Their mother Theresa, 46, was injured in the incident, which happened on Wednesday afternoon. Post-mortem examinations are [...]

Missing woman in custody dispute with ex

Scotsman – A MOTHER who has been missing from her home for a more than a fortnight is engaged in a court dispute with her estranged husband, it emerged yesterday. Theresa Riggi, 46, and her three children disappeared from their home in Skene, Aberdeenshire, prompting a police appeal for information on her whereabouts. Mrs Riggi [...]