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NRI who killed two sons jailed for 21 years
WSN Network

London: An Indian-origin man who murdered his two children before trying to set their bodies afire in last year, has been sentenced to at least 21 years in jail.

Ashok Kalyanjee, 46, slit the throats of sons Paul, 6, and Jay, 2, in his car at a beauty spot in the Campsie Fells, and then tried to torch the vehicle with himself and his victims inside.

Sentencing Kalyanjee at the High Court in Paisley, Lord Brailsford told him, "This is as grave a crime as can be imagined. This crime was premeditated, planned, organised.

"You used deceit and lies to persuade the children's mother and the children to go out with you that afternoon. You purchased the murder weapon in advance and acquired petrol.

Kalyanjee pleaded guilty to the charge, was reportedly consumed with hate for Giselle Ross, his Scottish ex-wife, and for Scotland. Born in India, he has been in the UK since 1991.

He married Ross in 2001 and the couple divorced in 2004.

"The victims were defenceless. No doubt they loved you and assumed you would take care of them as a father should. One of the victims witnessed what happened to his brother," Lord Brailsford said.

28 January 2009
 

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