Verulam man sentenced for killing own mother
KwaZulu-Natal police have commended the work of investigators in a case in Durban that saw a man being handed a life sentence for the murder of his mother.
Shalendra Samath was found guilty of stabbing his 62-year-old mother, Ormilla, multiple times at their Everest Heights home last year.
The two were involved in an argument over money at the time.
The police's Robert Netshiunda says the son then stole the money and fled.
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He was sentenced in the Verulam Regional Court last week.
"Shalendra remained in police custody until his sentencing.
"Violence against women and children will not be tolerated and the police will stop at nothing in their quest to attain sentences that are proportional to the gruesome crime perpetrated against vulnerable groups in our society."
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