Bishop Lavis youth sentenced to 75 years for family murders

A TWENTY-year-old Bishop Lavis youth has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for the brutal murders of three members of his own family, whose bodies were discovered bludgeoned to death in the backyard of their home.

- MANDILAKHE TSHWETE

Cevyn Kemp was sentenced in the Parow Regional Court, where he was convicted on three counts of murder.

He was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment on each count, to run consecutively.

The killings took place on December 14, 2022, at 18 Marlin Lane in the quiet neighbourhood of Nooitgedacht, Bishop Lavis.

Provincial detectives were called to the scene in the early hours of the morning, where they discovered the bodies of Kemp's 46-year-old mother, Elmoline Kemp, his 13-year-old brother, Peter Kemp, and his 54-year-old aunt, Shireen Isaacs.

The victims were found in the backyard next to a blood-soaked mattress.

The women were lying face down while the teenager was on his back. All had sustained blunt force injuries to the head and face.