'God said they needed to be killed'
A Durban man accused of murdering both his parents said on Tuesday they were sacrificed as “God said they needed to be killed”.
Hardus Lotter, 23, told the Durban High Court he believed he should sacrifice anything for God, even if it meant killing his parents.
Lotter has pleaded not guilty, along with his sister Nicolette, 29, and her then boyfriend Mathew Naidoo, 25 to murdering Maria Magadalena (Riekie) Lotter, 52, and Johannes Petrus Lotter, 53, at their Westville home on July 19, 2008.
Lotter was strangled and his wife was stabbed.
The Lotters said they were under the influence of Naidoo who told them he was the third son of God.
Lotter said he believed he was part of a cult and that Naidoo was the leader who issued certain instructions.
If he and his sister did not comply, they were threatened by Naidoo.
Lotter was threatened with baldness, castration and even that he would get prostate cancer, while his sister's punishment was that her breasts would be cut off.
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