Widow takes stand in murder trial

A report in The Mercury says Agha is one of two accused standing trial in the Scottburgh High Court for the murder of his common-law wife, Anisa Sukan, their baby daughter, Zil, and Anisa\'s father, Anand, in March last year. Sukan, the mother of Anisa and widow of Anand, said she had been a victim and yet it was so easy for the defence to ‘throw things at her’, implying that evidence was being led to suggest that she had motive for the murder of Anisa. ‘I was a victim and I was taken as a murderer . . . I\'ve lost my husband who I\'d been married to for 31 years. I lost my child that I gave birth to, my only grandchild . . . Do you ever imagine what I\'ve been through? . . . This is not about a trust fund or money, this is about . . . a family that I\'ve lost,’ she said. Referring to Agha, Sukan said he had never loved the baby or her daughter, and he had used her background (her previous fraud convictions) to get her back in prison. ‘This (Agha) is a mastermind, my Lord, I swear to you,’ she told Judge Jan Hugo. Earlier, the court heard from Johan Schoeman, an auditor from Liberty Life Insurance, that a policy on Anisa\'s life was worth R10m. He said that in the event of the simultaneous death of Anisa and the baby, the money would be paid into Anisa\'s estate and that if Agha was implicated in the murder, the money would be put into a trust fund. Full report in the Mercury