The murdered woman’s parents succeed in convincing the parole board during an agonising, day-long hearing to keep Donovan Moodley in jail, where he is serving a life sentence for murder
Leigh Matthews’s mother Sharon broke down in tears on Friday when her daughter’s murderer, Donovan Moodley, told her that when he obtained a law degree in jail he felt sad Leigh had died before she, too, could graduate.
“He said he was sorry, but it wasn’t real,” Sharon said. “It was a narcissistic psychopath reading from a script he wrote to show remorse.”..A subscription gives you full digital access to all Sunday Times content.Registered on the BusinessLIVE, Business Day or Financial Mail websites? Sign in with the same details.
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