Rajiv Narandas was the ultimate spoilt rich kid.
The Durban heir to an empire of jewellery and clothing stores had a penchant for flashy cars - his collection included an Audi R8 "wrapped" to make it look golden, and a matt-black Mercedes - tailored silk shirts to show off his biceps and designer perfume.
But today, in his orange prison overalls, Narandas, 31 - who is just over a year into a 15-year sentence for the 2008 murder of Veenand Singh, 32 - is literally rotting in jail, angering inmates and prison warders because he refuses to bathe or brush his teeth.
He has already come to blows with a fellow prisoner over his malodour.But that hasn't stopped Narandas, who, after a six-year trial and a failed bid in the Constitutional Court to overturn his conviction, is said to be trying every trick in the book to get out of Westville Prison's Medium B Section.
Narandas stabbed Singh to death in a parking lot after an argument inside the Shoukara nightclub in Sandton.
Narandas's neglect of hygiene, according to four independent sources in the prison, is part of a plot to stay in the prison hospital until he can be released on medical parole.
"There is only one bathroom here and we've never seen him go in the bath for the last three months," a prisoner told the Sunday Times.
"The members complained about his room smelling. When he goes out of his room he sprays perfume.
"There is nothing wrong with him but he makes himself sick ... Rajiv is planning to go on medical parole," the prisoner said.
The Narandas family wealth is said to be funding constant medical care, including visits by a private doctor every week.
"As for brushing his teeth, he never brushes for almost a year," said the prisoner. "He read somewhere that if you don't brush it can affect your heart."..