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https://www.fijitimes.com/isoof-found-guilty/

Mohammed Raheesh Isoof has been convicted for five counts of murder and one of attempted murder.

In his judgement delivered in the High Court in Lautoka a while ago, Justice Thushara Rajasinghe said the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that Isoof committed the crime on the deceased family of five by murder by poison.

Judge Rajasinghe said in his judgement said that it was evident that the accused lied in his evidence before the court.

The New Zealand resident was charged in 2019 for the murder of Nirmal Kumar andhis family.

He will be sentenced on Friday.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/127543225/fiji-deaths-christchurch-man-found-guilty-of-murdering-family-of-five

A Christchurch man has been found guilty of murdering a family of five, including two children, during a holiday in Fiji.

Mohammed Raheesh Isoof, 65, was on trial in Fiji for the murders of Nirmal Kumar, 63, his wife Usha Devi, 54, their daughter Nileshni Kala and her two children Sana, 11, and Samara, 8.

The bodies of the family were found on a remote clifftop on August 26, 2019.

Isoof was also found guilty of attempted murder after Samaira Kumar, who was aged 1 at the time, was found alive next to the dead bodies. She was the niece of Nileshni Kala.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Do they have any idea of motive?

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jet199 2 insightful - 2 fun - 7 hours ago Do they have any idea of motive?

No idea. The newspaper says that Nirmal Kumar used to look after Isoof's house in Fiji when he was away in New Zealand. I cant think of any motive for someone to poison a family of 5 people

Isoof and Nirmal were known to each other – they were neighbours at Legalega settlement in Nadi, western Fiji.

Nirmal used to look after Isoof’s home while he was away in New Zealand.

Isoof, a Fiji citizen who holds permanent residency in New Zealand, lived in Christchurch with his wife and worked as a bus driver.