Sanjeev Chada given two life sentences for murdering his sons

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A 44-year-old man from County Carlow has been sentenced to life imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of his two young sons in County Mayo in July 2013. Sanjeev Chada pleaded guilty to strangling the children, whose bodies were discovered in his vehicle after it crashed near Westport. Mr Justice Paul Carney imposed two mandatory life sentences to run concurrently, backdated to July 31, 2013. The court heard that Chada had accumulated substantial gambling debts through stock market trading and had misappropriated community funds. The children's mother delivered a victim impact statement describing the devastation caused by the killings. A psychiatric report indicated Chada experienced psychological conflict between his self-image as a family man and his secret financial difficulties, though this did not meet the threshold for an insanity defence. Chada remains in custody on suicide watch.

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Two life sentences for Sanjeev Chada for killing his sons Eoghan and Ruairi - The Journal The Journal · Tue, 07 Oct 2014 07:00:00 GMT
Man pleads guilty to murdering two sons in Mayo - RTE.ie RTE.ie · Tue, 07 Oct 2014 07:00:00 GMT
'I know...that he intended to kill me as well’ –Kathleen Chada fears for her life if husband who murdered her sons is released - Irish Independent Irish Independent · Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMT
Sanjeev Chada jailed for life for murdering his sons - The Irish Times The Irish Times · Tue, 07 Oct 2014 07:00:00 GMT
‘They’re dead in the back, were the words he used’ – Kathleen Chada on moment husband told her he’d killed their sons - Irish Independent Irish Independent · Sat, 06 May 2023 07:00:00 GMT
Father given two life sentences for murdering sons in Ballintubber - The Mayo News The Mayo News · Wed, 08 Oct 2014 07:00:00 GMT
Court awards wife of man who murdered sons €77k - RTE.ie RTE.ie · Tue, 24 Jan 2017 08:00:00 GMT
'I thought it would be easier if he had died too' - Mother of tragic Chada boys killed by their father - Irish Independent Irish Independent · Wed, 08 Oct 2014 07:00:00 GMT

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