PHOENIX father Kista Chetty has been sentenced to five life sentences for the murder of his wife, three children and nephew in November 2021.
Chetty’s extended family cried in the Durban High Court on Friday, when sentence was passed.
Following an argument with his wife, Elisha Naidoo, 39, Chetty set their one-bedroom flat in Whetstone, alight.
Naidoo, their daughter Jadene, 13, and sons Jordan, 8, and Aldrin, 4, and nephew Liam Naidoo, 8, burnt to death.
At the time, Chetty, who sustained burn wounds, fled the scene.
He was found later that day at a relative’s home