For two weeks a Durban man sat in the high court listening to the sordid details of a double life led by his wife and her lover, which ultimately claimed her life and those of their two daughters.

As the state wraps up its case against Collin Pillay, the man accused of killing Jane Govindsamy and her two daughters in September 2018, Jane’s husband Sagren told Times Select he was overwhelmed sitting in the courtroom every day. 

During Pillay’s trial, it was revealed that Jane had not only carried out another affair outside of the one with Pillay, but that she had also introduced Pillay to her co-workers as her husband.   ..