Wife of man who murdered her two sons awarded €77k

THE wife of a man who murdered their two young sons has secured a High Court judgment of €77,690 against him over the boys' deaths.

Kathleen Chada took the action against Sanjeev Chada, 45.

She sued him for assault, battery and trespass to the person causing the deaths of Eoghan, 10, and five-year-old Ruari Chada at Skehanagh Lower, Ballintubber, Co Mayo, in late July 2013.

He was jailed for life in October 2014 after pleading guilty to the murders.

The Central Criminal Court heard the boys' bodies were found in the boot of Chada's car on July 29, 2013, after it had crashed into a wall near Westport, Co Mayo, with him in the driver's seat.

Chada, who had ran up gambling debts, told his wife he was taking their sons bowling in Carlow but instead drove to Mayo. It was there he strangled the boys with a rope before trying to kill himself.

The court also heard the double murderer had secretly mounted huge debts from online trading and had borrowed from family and friends and lost large amounts of money.

He was €500,000 in debt at one stage from gambling other people's money.