Rachel Saunders, 64, and her husband Rodney, 73, were initially kidnapped in the Ngoye Forest before they were killed – this is a breaking story
The three killers who murdered an elderly British couple in South Africa have been jailed for life.
Rachel Saunders, 64, and her husband Rodney, 73, were initially kidnapped in the Ngoye Forest before they were killed in February 2018. Their bodies were found days later in a crocodile-infested river.
The pair were botanists who had travelled to region to collect indigenous plants and seeds, and had recorded an interview for a BBC nature documentary just 48 hours before their death.
Saffydeen Aslam del Vecchio, 46, his wife Fatima Patel, 35, and Malawian national Ahmad Mussa have all been sentenced to two life terms after they were convicted of the murders in June. The sentencing took place on Thursday at the KwaZulu-Natal Local Division of the High Court, sitting in Durban in eastern South Africa.
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