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The mum of a young woman who murdered her two daughters has claimed she always hated looking after them because they interfered with her escort and modelling work.

Louise Porton murdered three-year-old Lexi Draper and 17-month-old Scarlett Vaughan at their home.

A court heard the mother had an X-rated lifestyle, which involved offering men sex in exchange for money, and she saw her kids as a "burden".

She suffocated Lexi on January 15 last year and was then heard laughing at a funeral parlour two days before she killed Scarlett on February 1.

Today at Birmingham Crown Court the 23-year-old was jailed for life with a minimum term of 32 years.

Speaking after the trial her mother Sharon said she would never forgive her daughter, who she described as becoming a "monster" when "something snapped in her head".

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"She’s not the happy loving girl I brought up," Sharon told The Sun .

"I no longer consider her my daughter. After Lexi died Louise said Scarlett will be next. It was threatening. She was already planning what she would do.

"She knew that she wanted to have her life back and do her modelling."

Sharon also claimed that social services could have done more.

Part-time model Porton, from Rugby, Warwickshire, killed both girls during an 18 day period after obstructing their airways.

The day after Lexi's death Porton accepted 41 friend requests on a dating app.

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Following Scalett's death she delayed calling 999 and even filled her car up with petrol while her toddler daughter lay dead in the back seat.

As Lexi was ill in hospital Porton took topless photos of herself in a toilet and arranged to perform sex acts on a man in return for money.

Warwickshire Police said it was "clear" that she had tried to kill her three-year-old twice before in early January 2018.

She was heard laughing on the phone as she 'Facetimed' a man at an undertakers while arranging Lexi's funeral.

Porton also messaged her sister Karen about giving the girls sleeping drugs and how she would leave the kids alone to "go and f**k lads."

She also made searches on her phone including: "For how long after drowning can someone be resuscitated?", "How long does it take a dead body to go cold up to the shoulder?" and "five weird things that happen after you die".

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Sentencing Porton, Judge Justice Amanda Yip said: "There is only one sentence that is a mandatory life sentence.

"As with Lexi you tried to pass her death off as an unexpected natural death.

"You pretended you were driving to hospital.

"The truth is both children died because you deliberately obstructed their air ways. Text menages and internet searches done on your mobile phone reveal a degree of pre-meditation. I am sure you were responsible for the events that Led to Lexi’s admission to hospital

"Your internet searching was sinister. You delayed calling for an ambulance until you were sure she was dead.

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"The murder of any child by a mother involves the process of abuse of trust. They ought to have relied on their mother to look after them.

"It is not a case of a young mother doing something in the heat of the moment. The evidence shows calculated decisions. In between the deaths you carried on as normal."

Andrew Smith QC, defending, said: "I recognise the profound effects of the loss of Scarlett and Lexi.

"It is accepted that the appropriate starting point is, in this case, one of 30 years. We accept the vulnerability of Lexi and Scarlett and the abuse of a position of trust.

"Her age is a substantial factor in deciding the minimum term.She is someone without previous convictions.There was no evidence of neglect or hostility over a long period of time.

"There is no substantial explanation I can offer."