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| A man who killed his two young sons and attempted to set his car on fire in a lay-by in East Dunbartonshire has been sentenced to at least 21 years in jail. | A man who killed his two young sons and attempted to set his car on fire in a lay-by in East Dunbartonshire has been sentenced to at least 21 years in jail. |
| At the High Court in Paisley, 46-year-old Ashok Kalyanjee was told by judge Lord Brailsford that his was "as grave a crime as could be imagined". | At the High Court in Paisley, 46-year-old Ashok Kalyanjee was told by judge Lord Brailsford that his was "as grave a crime as could be imagined". |
| Kalyanjee stabbed six-year-old Paul and two-year-old Jay in Lennoxtown in May, after collecting them from his mother. | Kalyanjee stabbed six-year-old Paul and two-year-old Jay in Lennoxtown in May, after collecting them from his mother. |
| He had told the boys he would take them to the park to play football. | He had told the boys he would take them to the park to play football. |
| Kalyanjee admitted the killings during a previous appearance at the High Court in Glasgow. | |
| The court heard how both boys had been due to attend a family birthday party, but Kalyanjee called their mother Giselle, 41, and asked if he could take them to see their grandmother. | |
| He then left his house and bought a wok and large chef's knife from an ironmongers in Glasgow. One of the victims witnessed what happened to his brother, I cannot imagine the suffering that child must have endured Lord Brailsford | |
| He took the boys to a beauty spot in the Campsie Fells and slit their throats with the knife. | |
| He then poured petrol over them and the inside of the car and attempted to set the vehicle on fire. | |
| The tourism student was told that due to "the unique and significantly awful" circumstances, he would serve 21 years before being considered for release. | |
| Lord Brailsford told him: "It is clear that this crime was premeditated, planned and organised. | |
| "You used deceit and lies to persuade both the children's mother and the children themselves to go out with you that afternoon. | |
| "You purchased the murder weapon in advance and also acquired petrol in a can, apparently to incinerate both yourself and the victims, at the scene of the crime." | |
| He said the victims were defenceless and in your care. | |
| "One of the victims witnessed what happened to his brother, I cannot imagine the suffering that child must have endured before his own murder," he said. |