Murdered children found with nails behind their ears

Dad on trial for killing his four children

29 April 2021 - 11:10 By Peter Ramothwala
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Former attorney Lucas Phasha, 52, is facing four charges of murder in the Polokwane high court for allegedly killing his young children.
Former attorney Lucas Phasha, 52, is facing four charges of murder in the Polokwane high court for allegedly killing his young children.
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Three of the four children, aged between five and nine, who were killed allegedly by their father were found with nails behind their ears.

The head of the fourth child, 3, had caved in after she was bludgeoned to death allegedly with a blunt object. 

The shocking revelations emerged on Wednesday in the Limpopo High Court in Polokwane, where their mother Sylvia Monyela was cross-examined.

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