A 20-YEAR-old man has been was arrested for murdering his mother, their gardener and the family’s poodles with a garden fork. Johannesburg police said the dogs appeared to have been killed first and left in the garden. The 60-year-old gardener was then killed in the garage, and neighbours watched helplessly as the mother was attacked when she arrived home. They tried to telephone the police to prevent the attack, but the mother was already dead when they arrived. She had been stabbed several times in the chest and loins. Traces of dagga were found throughout the house. The suspect handed himself over to police.