Bishop Lavis man gets 75 years
Cevyn Kemp was sentenced at the Parow Magistrate's Court after killing his family members.
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A Bishop Lavis young man has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for the brutal murders of three members of his own family.
Cevyn Kemp, 20, appeared in the Parow Regional Court, where he was convicted on three counts of murder.
He was sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment on each count, to run consecutively.
The court further declared him unfit to possess a firearm or ammunition.
The killings took place on December 14, 2022, at 18 Marlin Lane in the quiet neighbourhood of Nooitgedacht, Bishop Lavis.
Provincial detectives were called to the scene in the early hours of the morning, where they discovered the bodies of Kemp’s 46-year-old mother, Elmoline Kemp, his 13-year-old brother, Peter Kemp, and his 54-year-old aunt, Shireen Isaacs.
The victims were found bludgeoned to death in the backyard of their home next to a blood-soaked mattress.
On December 16, two days after the incident, the investigating team contacted a police psychologist to assist in interviewing Kemp while he was in custody.
The psychologist was taken to the crime scene before being allowed to engage with the suspect. During the interview, Kemp confessed to the killings.
During court proceedings, Kemp did not dispute the charges.
Despite comments from relatives suggesting that Kemp may not have been in the right state of mind at the time of the incident, no psychiatric defence was formally raised during the trial.
The court found the evidence, including the confession and pointing out, compelling.