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Original Post Date: 2008-06-23 Time: 14:00:01 Posted By: Jan
By Botho Molosankwe
The men who murdered two Lenasia teenagers and dumped their bodies in the veld will be in prison for the rest of their lives.
A Vereeniging High Court judge sentenced Ebrahim Rashied, 39, and Brian Vassen, 39, to two life sentences each on Friday for the gruesome murders of Themashen Arungasamy, 19, and his friend Romeo Padiachy, 17.
In addition to the life sentences, Rashied received a further 30 years for the kidnapping and robbery with aggravating circumstances of the youngsters, while Vassen got 26 years for the same charges.
| ‘I did not even see my son turn 21’ |
The families of Themashen and Romeo, who for the past two years have been anxiously waiting for the outcome of the trial, could not contain their happiness. They clapped their hands after Vassen and Rashied were sentenced.
“I did not even see my son turn 21. He was deprived of his life at such an early age. But I’m really happy that they (Vassen and Rashied) have been put away for life,” Themashen’s mother Vasie said.
The teenagers disappeared on the night of May 3 2006, and Romeo’s body, with gunshot wounds to the head, was discovered the following day.
It was only a week later that schoolchildren stumbled across Themashen’s decomposed body in the veld near an informal settlement in De Deur. Rodents had already eaten some parts of his body.
Vassen, Rashied and Vincent Padiachee, who is Romeo’s cousin, were arrested in connection with their kidnapping, robbery and murders. On Friday, Padiachee, who was alleged to have told Vassen and Rashied to rob the teenagers, was acquitted.
Even after being found guilty and sentenced, Rashied took the witness box and maintained his innocence and expressed condolences to the families of the boys.