Chatsworth father Mogamberry Rajan Kandasamy has been sentenced to life behind bars in the Durban High Court on Tuesday for the murders of his wife and two teenage children.
He was given three life sentences for the murder of his wife, Versha “Mala” Kandasamy, 41, his sonMegandran, 17, and his 18-year-old daughter Melarisa.
They were bludgeoned to death at their home in Moorton, Chatsworth, in December 2013.
The court heard that Kandasamy attacked his family with a traditional Indian mace (garda) because his wife Varsha wanted to file for divorce and told him she was seeing someone else. One of the maces broke after Melarisa, 18, was struck thrice on her skull.