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"A FATHER has been jailed for a minimum 28 years at the Manchester Crown Court after a jury found him guilty of strangling his two children to punish his estranged wife who had found love on the internet.
Zimbabwean Petros Williams Mwashita, 37, strangled his daughter Yolanda, 4, and son Theo, 2, after making them record a “farewell video” to their mother in October last year.
Steroid abuser Mwashita, who tried to kill himself by taking a drug overdose, also left notes which included "Good things come to an end, bye" and "I love you Theo and Yolanda. You were great company, meet you in heaven. Love Daddy Petros."
Mwashita, who worked as a finance officer, denied two counts of murder during the five-day trial. He told his trial: "I was devastated. It was heart-breaking. Up to now I have not come to terms with it."
But, after just one-and-a-half hours of deliberation on Tuesday, the jury returned with unanimous guilty verdicts.
After the verdicts, Greater Manchester Police senior investigator Vinny Chadwick said: "Williams is a cruel man who took the lives of two beautiful children.
"He sought to control his wife and when she would not submit, he took away those she loved most.
"He has continued his cruelty throughout the trial, making false allegations about Morongoe and refusing to accept responsibility for his actions.
"He will now have a long time to reflect on what he has done and hopefully feel some of the hurt he has caused to others."
Police raced to the Lansbury House in the Whalley Range neighbourhood of Manchester on October 14 last year when Morongoe Molemohi, 30, called 999 and told the operator: “My husband has killed my children.”
The first police officers to arrive at the house found a distressing scene – the bodies of the two children lying next to each other with internet cables around their necks. They had been strangled by Mwashita in what prosecutors said was a “symbolic” gesture to his wife’s internet dating.
Days before the murders, Molemohi, from Lesotho, had moved out of the family home to live in a hotel while securing alternative accommodation.
She returned to the house to help get Yolanda, a pupil at Our Lady’s RC Primary in Whalley Range, ready for school.
But she found a disoriented Mwashita lying in bed next to the lifeless bodies of their two children.
A “farewell” video recorded by Mwashita with the children was found at the property. The smiling children are encouraged to say “bye mummy” and “we will miss you” to the camera as they watched X-Factor on TV.
The tape was labelled “daddy, Yolly, Theo, 11 October 09, byee, the end”.
A note was also found which read “play the video we made for your memories, thank you Petros”. Another read, “sorry mummy decided to leave us for new boyfriend”, and another said “Mo, use the internet as much as you like, luv Petros”.
Mwashita, a holder of a post-graduate degree, had also contacted two men he knew had been chatting to his wife online and told them to “stay away” from her.
Molemohi told investigators her marriage had broken down because he was violent towards her. She said she believed his violent streak was a result of his abuse of steroids, traces of which were found in his vomit on a carpet in their flat.
In police interviews conducted soon after the murders, Mwashita fended off investigators’ questions by repeatedly answering: “No comment”.
When Jeffrey Samuels QC, defending, asked him during the trial if he had killed Theo and Yolanda, Mwashita replied: "No, I did not kill my kids.”
He said the last time he saw them alive was when his wife put them to bed. He was not aware the children had cords wrapped around their necks as he slept beside them, he claimed.
The couple arrived in the UK in 2002."
Zimbabwean Petros Williams Mwashita, 37, strangled his daughter Yolanda, 4, and son Theo, 2, after making them record a “farewell video” to their mother in October last year.
Steroid abuser Mwashita, who tried to kill himself by taking a drug overdose, also left notes which included "Good things come to an end, bye" and "I love you Theo and Yolanda. You were great company, meet you in heaven. Love Daddy Petros."
Mwashita, who worked as a finance officer, denied two counts of murder during the five-day trial. He told his trial: "I was devastated. It was heart-breaking. Up to now I have not come to terms with it."
But, after just one-and-a-half hours of deliberation on Tuesday, the jury returned with unanimous guilty verdicts.
After the verdicts, Greater Manchester Police senior investigator Vinny Chadwick said: "Williams is a cruel man who took the lives of two beautiful children.
"He sought to control his wife and when she would not submit, he took away those she loved most.
"He has continued his cruelty throughout the trial, making false allegations about Morongoe and refusing to accept responsibility for his actions.
"He will now have a long time to reflect on what he has done and hopefully feel some of the hurt he has caused to others."
Police raced to the Lansbury House in the Whalley Range neighbourhood of Manchester on October 14 last year when Morongoe Molemohi, 30, called 999 and told the operator: “My husband has killed my children.”
The first police officers to arrive at the house found a distressing scene – the bodies of the two children lying next to each other with internet cables around their necks. They had been strangled by Mwashita in what prosecutors said was a “symbolic” gesture to his wife’s internet dating.
Days before the murders, Molemohi, from Lesotho, had moved out of the family home to live in a hotel while securing alternative accommodation.
She returned to the house to help get Yolanda, a pupil at Our Lady’s RC Primary in Whalley Range, ready for school.
But she found a disoriented Mwashita lying in bed next to the lifeless bodies of their two children.
A “farewell” video recorded by Mwashita with the children was found at the property. The smiling children are encouraged to say “bye mummy” and “we will miss you” to the camera as they watched X-Factor on TV.
The tape was labelled “daddy, Yolly, Theo, 11 October 09, byee, the end”.
A note was also found which read “play the video we made for your memories, thank you Petros”. Another read, “sorry mummy decided to leave us for new boyfriend”, and another said “Mo, use the internet as much as you like, luv Petros”.
Mwashita, a holder of a post-graduate degree, had also contacted two men he knew had been chatting to his wife online and told them to “stay away” from her.
Molemohi told investigators her marriage had broken down because he was violent towards her. She said she believed his violent streak was a result of his abuse of steroids, traces of which were found in his vomit on a carpet in their flat.
In police interviews conducted soon after the murders, Mwashita fended off investigators’ questions by repeatedly answering: “No comment”.
When Jeffrey Samuels QC, defending, asked him during the trial if he had killed Theo and Yolanda, Mwashita replied: "No, I did not kill my kids.”
He said the last time he saw them alive was when his wife put them to bed. He was not aware the children had cords wrapped around their necks as he slept beside them, he claimed.
The couple arrived in the UK in 2002."
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