Vathaniagee Pillay

Vathaniagee ‘Jenny' Pillay (1953 - 2018)

Brief overview:

Jenny (65), a retired nurse, was strangled to death and found in the bathroom of her home in Chatsworth, Durban on 24th December 2018. A post-mortem revealed that the cause of death was a suspected compression of the neck.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Street/Suburb
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
• Weapons
• Items Stolen
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

• Number and Descriptions
• Arrests
  • Her husband, Navin Chanderlal (53), was charged for his wife's murder, and remanded into police custody at Westville Prison, until his bail hearing on 21st January 2019. He was allegedly unhappy with her decision to divorce him and move abroad. He maintained that he could not recall the day of the incident as he was on medication and was battling severe depression. He said after taking his medication he would sleep for days.

*'''Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s

*Country of origin of Perpetrator/s

• Trial/Conviction
  • Chanderlal, who is represented by attorney Chris Gounden, was released on bail of R3000, in October 2019. His bail has been extended until his trial starts in the Durban High Court in May 2020.

Note: Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Navin Chanderial's trial did not begin as scheduled.

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Links to Media articles:

• https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/post-south-africa/20191127...
• http://archive.is/pmmaY
• http://archive.is/0wuD9
• https://web.archive.org/web/20190929131413/https://tabloidmedia.co....
• http://archive.is/Ix3kc