A Fiji-born New Zealand resident has been found guilty of murdering a family and the attempted murder of a toddler by the High Court in Lautoka.
Mohammed Raheesh Isoof was convicted this afternoon after Justice Thushara Rajasinghe ruled that the prosecution proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Isoof had killed the family of five in August 2019.
Isoof was charged with five counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.
The bodies of a 63-year-old carpenter, Nirmal Kumar, his 54-year-old wife, Usha Devi, their 34-year-old daughter, Nileshni Kajal and Kajal's two daughters aged 11 and 8 years were discovered in the Nausori Highlands about 28km out of Nadi.
A one-year-old child was also found crawling nearby.
Isoof will be sentenced on Friday.
Photo file Fijivillage Caption: Mohammed Raheesh Isoof has been found guilty of 5 counts of murder and 1 count of attempted murder