Joshua Sebola, Daily Sun
Lucas Phasha faces four counts of murder for the killings in February 2020.
According to Sylvia Monyela, Phasha said he was taking their children to the police station and would then kill himself.
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The Polokwane High Court in Limpopo on Wednesday heard that former attorney Lucas Phasha, accused of killing his four young children was a cruel man who abused his wife.
Phasha is charged with four counts of murder for the deaths of Katlego, 9, Joyce, 7, Tshepo, 5, and Adel, 3, at Ga-Phasha village in the Sekhukhune district on 17 February 2020.