Riaz Kadwa, charged with murdering his parents at their Crown North home in October 2005, was found guilty at the Johannesburg High Court on Thursday.
Judge Fritz van Oosten described Kadwa as a ”self-confessed master of deceit” and rejected his version of the events, that his mother, Munirah, committed suicide after shooting her husband, Anwar.
Van Oosten said this version was ”inherently so improbable that it falls to be rejected”.
Anwar Kadwa (50) and his 49-year-old wife were shot and killed in their bedroom.
Riaz was charged with murdering his parents and his sister, Nabila, faced charges of being an accessory to murder and attempting to defeat the ends of justice.
She was found guilty of attempting to defeat the ends of justice, the Star newspaper reported.
Radio 702 reported Kadwa was sentenced to 22 years in prison. – Sapa