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‘Killer’ nanny found fit to stand trial in brutal slashing deaths of 2 tots in her care

The shrinks say she’s fit to be tried — but the case against the nanny accused of slashing two Upper West Side children to death will drag on for at least another month while her lawyer challenges that finding.

“I’m moving to controvert,” the defense lawyer for Yoselyn Ortega told a judge this morning, as the nanny sat hunched and pale at her side.

“You want two weeks to review?” asked Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro.

“Actually, a little longer, judge,” said the lawyer, Valerie Van Leer-Greenberg.

Ortega has been locked away in hospitals and jail since Oct. 25, when mom Marina Krim came home to her W. 75th Street apartment to find Lucia, 6, and Leo, 2, slashed and dying in the bathtub.

Ortega was still there, slashing her own throat; the Krim family’s third child, Nessie, 3, was with the mother and survived.

The judge started this morning’s brief hearing by announcing that a pair of court-appointed psychiatrists have examined Ortega multiple times, and have reviewed “the rather voluminous medical records” in the case.

Both have found Ortega is sane enough to understand the charges against her and assist in her own defense, the judge said.

But since the defense is controverting, or challenging, the finding, both sides now will have an opportunity to submit papers to the judge, who could rule immediately or conduct an open court hearing. The process could take months.

Ortega, who wore a gray jail jumpsuit, listened via a Spanish interpreter and did not speak during this morning’s hearing, which lasted mere minutes.

But her lawyer has consistently demanded that her “pathetic” and “debilitated” client be given special consideration, and is expected to pursue an insanity defense should the case proceed for trial.

The reasons for the slaughter have remained unclear. Law enforcement sources have said that Ortega went into a rage after the Krim family met her request for a raise with an offer of additional pay in exchange for five hours of week of housekeeping.

The judge set May 6 as Ortega’s next court date.