Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNdodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma has now appeared in court in South Africa (Bedfordshire Police)Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, 45, a British citizen, has been arrested in Johannesburg, South Africa, in connection with the murders of his wife and two daughters in Bedfordshire, UK. His wife, 42, and daughters, aged 15 and 5, were found dead at their home earlier this month, with Tshuma having left Britain via Heathrow Airport on 5 July, before their bodies were discovered. Tshuma appeared in a Johannesburg magistrate's court and was remanded in custody until 22 July, while authorities verify his legal status in South Africa. He faces charges in South Africa for illegal possession of a firearm, which police suspect he purchased to end his own life, carrying a potential 15-year prison sentence. British prosecutors have authorised police to charge Tshuma with three counts of murder, and South Africa has received a provisional extradition request from the UK. In fullBedfordshire family murder accused appears in court in South AfricaMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
British man suspected of killing his own family appears in court in South Africa
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNdodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma has now appeared in court in South Africa (Bedfordshire Police)Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, 45, a British citizen, has been arrested in Johannesburg, South Africa, in connection with the murders of his wife and two daughters in Bedfordshire, UK. His wife, 42, and daughters, aged 15 and 5, were found dead at their home earlier this month, with Tshuma having left Britain via Heathrow Airport on 5 July, before their bodies were discovered. Tshuma appeared in a Johannesburg magistrate's court and was remanded in custody until 22 July, while authorities verify his legal status in South Africa. He faces charges in South Africa for illegal possession of a firearm, which police suspect he purchased to end his own life, carrying a potential 15-year prison sentence. British prosecutors have authorised police to charge Tshuma with three counts of murder, and South Africa has received a provisional extradition request from the UK. In fullBedfordshire family murder accused appears in court in South AfricaMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
