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Original Post Date: 2008-04-28 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
The killing of her two innocent sons was atrocious, a Pretoria High Court judge has told a mother before sentencing her to seven years in jail for the crime.
Sharon Paul, 38, cried while family members hugged her in the dock on Friday.
A spokesperson for the Paul family, who does not want to be identified as he is a senior police officer, said they were satisfied with the “fair” sentence.
“We are happy it is over now, as the case had been dragging on since 2003. At least we now know her fate.”
| ‘At least we now know her fate’ |
The family said they would stand by Paul while she was in jail. They blamed her misfortune on her former husband Donnevan Soombar, who they said was a compulsive gambler.
Paul was emotionally dependent on him, and his gambling caused the family to lead a nomadic life. They had to stay in hotel rooms and their money often ran out.
Paul stole R500 000 from her former employer, which she gave to her husband to gamble away.
When she murdered Aiden, nine, and Ashton, 11, she was severely depressed as they had no more money left.
She and her husband were also on the run from the police following the theft.
| Paul said she had no one to turn to and claimed her husband had suggested a suicide pact |
Paul said she had no one to turn to and claimed her husband had suggested a suicide pact. He handed her sleeping tablets to give to the children, and the plan was for husband and wife to commit suicide by taking an overdose of pills.
Paul, however, woke up in a hotel at Carnival City on the East Rand, where they were staying. Her sons were dead and her husband was gone.
She then tried to commit suicide by slitting her wrists and hanging herself.
Judge Lettie Malopa told Paul she was the author of her own misfortune, although she had tried to blame it all on her husband.
By killing the children, she had violated their right to life.
“You may have been depressed and down and out, but it did not justify killing your two boys. You chose to live the kind of life you did.”
She said the boys were the victims of the life Paul chose.
Soombar was earlier acquitted on the murder charge.