The Additional District Sessions Court for trying atrocities against women and children in Ernakulam on January 31 (Wednesday) sentenced the accused in the 2018 triple murder case at Mookkannur, near Angamaly, to double imprisonment and death.
Judge K. Soman also awarded the convict, Babu, 49, of Mookkannur, collective term sentences of 36 years, which, though, will run concurrently, and imposed a fine of ₹4.1 lakh. The convict shall first undergo the term sentences before the commencement of his life sentences which will also run concurrently. The death sentence, though, will not be executed unless it is confirmed by the Kerala High Court.
Babu was convicted for the murder of his elder brother Sivan, wife Valsala, and their daughter Smitha using a billhook at their house at Mookkannur on the evening of February 12, 2018. He had also attempted to murder Smitha’s son who tried to intervene and ended up with a fractured hand. The accused was nabbed the day after and had been in judicial custody since February 14, 2018.
