<p>College lecturer Claudia Oakes-Green went on shopping trips to buy knives in the week before she killed Thomas, 13, and Eleanor, nine, while their father was abroad, Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />The inquest was Tuesday told the church-going mother had become depressed in the weeks leading up to the deaths and had told friends and relatives she was worried about being made redundant from the sixth-form college where she worked.<br /><br />Oakes-Green is believed to have killed the children and taken her own life shortly after taking delivery of a pizza from a local takeaway at 10 p.m. Feb 22 this year.<br /><br />The children's bodies were discovered in separate bedrooms by police who forced their way into the family's detached Victorian home in Shepshed, Leicestershire.<br /><br />At the time of the tragedy, her husband, Iain, 47, a wind energy specialist, was working in Scandinavia with Campbell Scientific, a US company which develops instruments to measure the weather.<br /><br />The firm has its European headquarters in Shepshed, where Oakes-Green was based. The bereaved father attended Tuesday's hearing in Loughborough.</p>
<p>College lecturer Claudia Oakes-Green went on shopping trips to buy knives in the week before she killed Thomas, 13, and Eleanor, nine, while their father was abroad, Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />The inquest was Tuesday told the church-going mother had become depressed in the weeks leading up to the deaths and had told friends and relatives she was worried about being made redundant from the sixth-form college where she worked.<br /><br />Oakes-Green is believed to have killed the children and taken her own life shortly after taking delivery of a pizza from a local takeaway at 10 p.m. Feb 22 this year.<br /><br />The children's bodies were discovered in separate bedrooms by police who forced their way into the family's detached Victorian home in Shepshed, Leicestershire.<br /><br />At the time of the tragedy, her husband, Iain, 47, a wind energy specialist, was working in Scandinavia with Campbell Scientific, a US company which develops instruments to measure the weather.<br /><br />The firm has its European headquarters in Shepshed, where Oakes-Green was based. The bereaved father attended Tuesday's hearing in Loughborough.</p>