Guilt established

Sheal Herman Bangera stabbed his mother and father to death with a large kitchen knife (Weekend Herald, September 24).

In my view, the correct verdict after the subsequent trial should have been “guilty but insane”. The official court ruling is “not guilty due to insanity”. Clearly, Sheal Bangera is guilty. It is undisputed that he killed his parents.

There is no doubt he suffered a psychotic episode during the murder. Why else would he kill his parents who by all accounts had been loving and caring towards him? Reports say Bangera will eventually be released

back into the community. Again in my view, once he has recovered from his psychosis, he should start a sentence of life imprisonment for double murder. Anything less is surely a huge disservice to the victims and is a miscarriage of justice.

Glen Stanton, Mairangi Bay.