Australian mother Allyson McConnell drowned her two young sons in a bathtub before driving to a restaurant, ordering lunch and then jumping off an overpass onto a busy freeway, a Canadian court has heard.
McConnell is charged with the 2010 second-degree murders of two-year-old Connor and 10-month-old Jayden in Millet, south of Edmonton.
The trial began in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, on Monday.
McConnell, 33, formerly of Gosford on the NSW central coast, moved to Canada in 2005, met local man Curtis McConnell and married him in 2007.
Prosecutors said the marriage deteriorated, McConnell was angry with her estranged husband and wanted to take their sons back to Australia.
The court was told on the day before the boys were killed, McConnell tried to give away the children's clothing and a car seat.
After McConnell drowned the boys in the family bathtub she drove to a restaurant, ordered lunch and then left upset, it was alleged.
McConnell walked to the overpass and jumped off, suffering numerous broken bones, the court heard.
The Crown alleged police searched her home and found a rope tied to the rafters in the basement.
The trial continues.
Alberta mother web-researched killing methods before drowning kids, court told
WETASKIWIN, Alta. — On the morning of Feb. 1, 2010, Allyson McConnell sat down at the computer set up on her dining room table and searched the question, "How long does it take to die from strangulation?"
By the end of the day, McConnell had killed her two children, drowning 10-month-old Jayden and 2 1/2-year-old Connor in the bathtub of the family's bungalow in Millet, Alta.
She then drove into Edmonton and threw herself off an overpass into traffic.
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