Statement from NZ Police. Please attribute to Detective Sergeant Steve Nightingale:
Police acknowledge that this was a difficult investigation from the outset due to the long period of time that passed between Pakeeza and Juwairiyah going missing and the investigation commencing.
Police are pleased that Mr Reddy has been held to account for their murders and that the investigation also resulted in the location of their bodies in circumstances where it was unlikely they would have otherwise been recovered.
We are pleased to have been able to provide answers to Pakeeza and Juwairiyah’s family. I would also like to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the police staff who worked on various phases of the investigation to solve a brutal and tragic double murder.
Statement from Mubarak Rojina Banu, the mother and grandmother of Pakeeza Yusuf and Juwairiyah Kalim:
It has been a long time coming but finally justice has been served. My daughter and granddaughter were taken from me more than nine years ago. My family and I have gone through tremendous pain for seven years not knowing their whereabouts and then finding out what happened to them at the hands of the accused in 2007.
As a mother, I don’t want anyone else to go through this pain and suffering. All these years at the back of my mind I was thinking my daughters were living a better life in Australia but, in reality, they had a brutal death and ended up being dumped under a bridge. I could never have imagined this happening to me or my daughters.
I would like to thank Victim Support, NZ Police, Crown Law, family and friends for all their help and support and for giving my daughters justice.
ENDS
Shelley Nahr/NZ Police
021 595 562