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Leigh Matthews’s father, Rob, says it is emotionally draining that his daughter’s murderer is trying, by all means, to get out of prison.

Leigh Matthews’s father, Rob, says it’sConvicted killer, Donovan Moodley, isIn 2004, Moodley abducted Leigh Matthews from Bond University in Sandton.In 2005, he pleaded guilty to murder, kidnapping and extortion.

He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, 15 years for kidnapping, and 10 years for extortion. Matthews says, “We thought that when judgment was made in 2005 we would get on with our healing. We were told at that stage that he would not be entitled to parole until 2023. So here were are, seven years earlier before what we anticipated. That’s hugely emotionally disruptive.”

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