Moodley fails in bid to get life sentence overturned

Justice prevailed!

This scumbag actually considers himself a 'darling of the media'.

Enjoy your stay Moodley.

The arrogant fool must serve his sentence. The audacity of trying to diminish the magnitude of his crime. His sentence is appropriate under SA law. His deeds were brutal and devoid of any form of remorse.

Moodley is a murderer and should serve his life sentence. This arrogant fool still has the nerve to "claim himself a darling of the media"! I think Moodley is wasting our judiciary's time with his mindless application! There are more pressing cases our courts should deal with!

Joop had no choice and yes I agree that Donovan's life term is the punisment that fits the crime. Donovan is in denial of his circumstances and for now I think its best because if he was at his full senses it might lead to suicide which is getting off mildly. I just dont understand though hundreds of crimes worse than Leigh's are committed on a daily basis yet 1) the media does not cover it as well as Leigh's case and 2) Why dont we have more Piet Byleveld's in the detective agencies? Our courts are corrupt and we have all these lazy officials employed, I wanna see more life terms being dished out left, right and centre. I hope you live to 80 and spend the rest of your natural life in solitary confinement Donovan.

This bastard doesn't even show any remorse for his evil deeds! I hope a death sentence has to be re-introduced in SA for such arrogant murderers.

Really, what is this jackass trying to get at? Does he have a major revelation that will implicate possible accomplices, which he hopes will decrease his time in prison? He's a murderer, that's all there is to it. One can only imagine the amount of frustration and anger this issue had brought the Matthew family.

On the same topic – can anybody explain to me, how this is possible:

November 13th Kavisha Seevarain is hijacked and thrown from a bridge over the Mkomazi River. (alleged to be 60 meters high)
November 17th Suspects arrested
November 19th Suspects admit guilt
November 20th Accused convicted and sent to jail – 40 and 25 years respectively


How it is possible, that within a week (5 working days) these criminals are apprehended, convicted and sent to jail. It is common knowledge that our judiciary is way behind in finalising court cases.

this guy should be lucky to get life imprisonment. everything would be found for him, sit around the cell, chill out, de-stress,
watch tv/soapies till the series ends, 3 meals every day, full medical cover, bodyguards 24hrs, enjoy da life donovan. why are you moaning now, when you did the job, little did you think you would caught, pay your dues young chap.. payday has arrived. I hope you bloody rot in jail!!!! you enjoyed the media attention thinking you could getaway with it. The biggest mistake you have made Donovan is that you have no political connections. otherwise you would have been out now playing golf somewhere.. chill my man enjoy your life...i can organise a cell phone..

They should extend his stay each time he openly tries to pick the lock of his sentence. Bastard must rot. I wonder when they going to bust his helpers on this case?

--right on the money, niksha.

Mr Moodley seems remarkably unrepentant. He is rather lucky that he is not living in Saudi Arabia or China.

This was a pleasure to read, not least because there is absolute consensus that the moodley must sit. Andre, you make a damn good point, how the hell did that happen. Not that I am complaining mind you, but it does seem completely out of the ordinary. Mark, I think SA, in a cell next to baba the 150kg Nigerian transvestite is going to be just fine for moodles. One can only hope that they tear him a new butt. (Sorry, I couldn't resist, I am trying hard though)

I think the hijackers who threw that teacher off the Mkomazi road bridge in KZN have shown us the way. The area surrounding the bottom of the bridge, out to the limit of human vocal chords, should be sealed off with a 10m high barbed wire fence. Then criminals like Moodley and those hijackers should simply be thrown off the bridge once they are found guilty. Those that survive the fall can spend their last hours shivering in agony thinking about what they have done - to their victims and to our country.

let the devil die in prison