A woman who smothered her newborn son at her home in the north-east has finally confessed to killing her baby daughter as well.
Ineta Dzinguviene, who was jailed over the death of her infant boy, Paulius, in Fraserburgh three years ago, is at the centre of a fresh murder probe in her Lithuanian homeland.
Authorities in the Baltic state have accused the 28-year-old of murdering her newborn daughter in April 2009, shortly before she moved to Scotland with her husband.
Last night, prosecutors confirmed that Dzinguviene had admitted – at the end of a prolonged private hearing in a Lithuanian regional court – that she had killed the girl.
She told the court: “I don’t know why I did it.”
Yesterday, proceedings were brought to a close with speeches from Kaunas regional prosecutor Vytas Gataveck and lawyers representing Dzinguviene.
The case opened in September and involved statements from dozens of witnesses, including Dzinguviene’s husband, Arunas Dzingus.
It is understood much of the evidence centred on Dzinguviene’s chaotic lifestyle and intimate details about her marriage.
The Lithuanian court will publish its verdict early in the new year. Only then will Dzinguviene learn her fate.
Baby Paulina’s body was found in a suitcase at Dzinguviene’s old family home in the city of Vikaviskis while she was on trial in Livingston accused of murdering Paulius.
Prosecutors say that on April 6, 2009 – three days after her daughter was born – Dzinguviene covered the little girl’s head and face with a polythene bag, causing her to suffocate.
Dzinguviene has also been accused of torturing the child.
The girl’s body was hidden inside a suitcase and left at the property.
Builders working on a loft conversion later found the case and threw it into a skip. It was later picked up by a passing woman, who thought she would be able to use it.
She raised the alarm when she returned home and opened the case, revealing its grisly contents.
Dzinguviene killed Paulius at their home in High Street, Fraserburgh, just hours after he was born at the town’s hospital.
His tiny body was placed in a holdall, which was dumped in a communal hallway outside their flat.
Dzinguviene disappeared when a police officer found the baby’s body. A major search was launched that involved police setting up roadblocks and distributing leaflets with the then 25-year-old’s passport photo on it.
She was later found sitting on a bench in Peterhead town centre.
After Dzinguviene was jailed for life at the High Court in Glasgow in June 2011, an international arrest warrant was issued.
She eventually agreed to be extradited back to Lithuania to face the fresh murder charge. At the time, she was described by members of her own family as a “witch” and like movie villain Hannibal Lecter.
Vida Dzinguviene, grandmother of baby Paulius, said previously that her daughter-in-law was living a double life.
Paulius’s grandmother said: “When she left for Scotland, I was tidying their house in Lithuania and by accident I came across a huge number of burned candles. I asked my grandchildren what it was about. They told me their mother lit all the candles, walked around the room and spoke in a strange language like witchcraft.”
A spokeswoman for the Lithuanian prosecution service confirmed that a decision on Dzinguviene would be made in the coming weeks.