A jealous husband strangled his two young children with internet cables after he discovered his wife had been using online dating websites.
Petros Williams, 37, was bitter when his wife Morengoe Molemohi left him after the breakdown of their relationship.
He recorded a haunting video of their two children laughing and waving goodbye to their mother and labelled the video 'The End'.
Two days later he strangled four-year-old Yolande and two-year-old Theo Molemohi with internet cables in a 'symbolic act of punishment.'
He was today jailed for 28 years at Manchester Crown Court after being found guilty of the horrific double murder.
Sentencing, Mr Justice Kenneth Parker told him: 'There is no doubt that you intended to kill them. It is hard to conceive any more shocking crime than a parent deliberately taking the life of his or her child.
'We saw from the video that Yolanda and Theo were happy children, full of love and laughter, with a whole lifetime ahead of them and, above all, absolute trust in their father who, for entirely selfish purposes, would end their brief lives.
'You remain in denial. You have simply refused to come to terms with the enormity of your deeds.
'You have shown not an ounce of remorse in this court. Your pity has been exclusively reserved for yourself.'
Williams stared blankly as the verdicts were returned.
Miss Molemohi gave her evidence via videolink and was not in court today. Her victim impact statement was passed to the judge before sentencing and she requested it not be read out.
Mr Justice Parker said: 'You wanted to hit back in a way she would never forget.
'You chose to strangle them with the internet cables as a constant reminder to her as to their deaths.'
The judge said it was his view that the children were 'mere appendages to the union with his wife'.
'I believe that is how you came to make the cruel video,' he said.
'You coaxed your trusting and innocent children to act out their last farewell to their mother. They had no concept of what you were asking them to do. They were simply instruments for your jealousy and acts of revenge. You took these lives to destroy a third life.'
After the sentence, Miss Molemohi, 31, spoke movingly of her grief and pain as she comes to terms with the death of her children.
She said: 'How I discovered the children brings me the most fearful and distressing memories. I will never be able to wipe the image from my mind.
'In the months that have passed since the children died, the effect upon my life has been tremendous. I know that it will continue to impact upon me for the rest of my life, and I also know that the pain will never go away.
'I am their mother, I brought them into the world with the unspoken promise that I would always protect them and at the time they needed that the most I could not be there.
Andrew Thomas QC, prosecuting, said the couple had separated in September last year and his wife, who was known as Mo, had begun exchanging messages with other men on internet dating websites.
She had moved out of the flat they shared in Whalley Range, Greater Manchester, but returned daily to get Yolande ready for school and to care for Theo while Williams went to work as a finance officer for a housing company.
In October last year, Miss Molemohi left the children with Williams and returned to the hotel where she was staying.
The next morning she went back to the flat to help get her daughter ready for school but found the front door was locked.
She had to let herself in through the patio windows and found Williams lying on the bed with the two children.
Mr Thomas said: 'Miss Molemohi thought the two children were asleep. It was only when she reached out to them she realised they both had cables tied around their necks.'
Miss Molemohi screamed and rang 999 where she told an operator: 'My husband has killed my children.'
The jury heard Williams, who had left suicide notes around the flat, had taken an overdose but later recovered.
Her also left a sarcastic message attached to the computer which read: 'Mo, use the internet as much as you like, Luv Petros.'
The jury was told Miss Molemohi, a pay clerk, had met Zimbabwean-born Williams in 2000 when the pair were both studying in South Africa. They married and moved to the UK in 2002 after Williams was granted asylum.
But the court was told there had been difficulties in the relationship for years Miss Molemohi contacted Womans Aid after Williams tried to strangle her in July 2009.
Mr Thomas said: 'Miss Molemohi was actively looking for other men on dating websites. She wasn't secretive about that.'
Williams had previously contacted two men his ex-wife had exchanged online messages with warning them to stay away from her.
Petros Williams, 37, was bitter when his wife Morengoe Molemohi left him after the breakdown of their relationship.
He recorded a haunting video of their two children laughing and waving goodbye to their mother and labelled the video 'The End'.
Two days later he strangled four-year-old Yolande and two-year-old Theo Molemohi with internet cables in a 'symbolic act of punishment.'
He was today jailed for 28 years at Manchester Crown Court after being found guilty of the horrific double murder.
Sentencing, Mr Justice Kenneth Parker told him: 'There is no doubt that you intended to kill them. It is hard to conceive any more shocking crime than a parent deliberately taking the life of his or her child.
'We saw from the video that Yolanda and Theo were happy children, full of love and laughter, with a whole lifetime ahead of them and, above all, absolute trust in their father who, for entirely selfish purposes, would end their brief lives.
'You remain in denial. You have simply refused to come to terms with the enormity of your deeds.
'You have shown not an ounce of remorse in this court. Your pity has been exclusively reserved for yourself.'
Williams stared blankly as the verdicts were returned.
Miss Molemohi gave her evidence via videolink and was not in court today. Her victim impact statement was passed to the judge before sentencing and she requested it not be read out.
Mr Justice Parker said: 'You wanted to hit back in a way she would never forget.
'You chose to strangle them with the internet cables as a constant reminder to her as to their deaths.'
The judge said it was his view that the children were 'mere appendages to the union with his wife'.
'I believe that is how you came to make the cruel video,' he said.
'You coaxed your trusting and innocent children to act out their last farewell to their mother. They had no concept of what you were asking them to do. They were simply instruments for your jealousy and acts of revenge. You took these lives to destroy a third life.'
After the sentence, Miss Molemohi, 31, spoke movingly of her grief and pain as she comes to terms with the death of her children.
She said: 'How I discovered the children brings me the most fearful and distressing memories. I will never be able to wipe the image from my mind.
'In the months that have passed since the children died, the effect upon my life has been tremendous. I know that it will continue to impact upon me for the rest of my life, and I also know that the pain will never go away.
'I am their mother, I brought them into the world with the unspoken promise that I would always protect them and at the time they needed that the most I could not be there.
Andrew Thomas QC, prosecuting, said the couple had separated in September last year and his wife, who was known as Mo, had begun exchanging messages with other men on internet dating websites.She had moved out of the flat they shared in Whalley Range, Greater Manchester, but returned daily to get Yolande ready for school and to care for Theo while Williams went to work as a finance officer for a housing company.
In October last year, Miss Molemohi left the children with Williams and returned to the hotel where she was staying.
The next morning she went back to the flat to help get her daughter ready for school but found the front door was locked.
She had to let herself in through the patio windows and found Williams lying on the bed with the two children.
Mr Thomas said: 'Miss Molemohi thought the two children were asleep. It was only when she reached out to them she realised they both had cables tied around their necks.'
Miss Molemohi screamed and rang 999 where she told an operator: 'My husband has killed my children.'
The jury heard Williams, who had left suicide notes around the flat, had taken an overdose but later recovered.
Her also left a sarcastic message attached to the computer which read: 'Mo, use the internet as much as you like, Luv Petros.'
The jury was told Miss Molemohi, a pay clerk, had met Zimbabwean-born Williams in 2000 when the pair were both studying in South Africa. They married and moved to the UK in 2002 after Williams was granted asylum.
But the court was told there had been difficulties in the relationship for years Miss Molemohi contacted Womans Aid after Williams tried to strangle her in July 2009.
Mr Thomas said: 'Miss Molemohi was actively looking for other men on dating websites. She wasn't secretive about that.'
Williams had previously contacted two men his ex-wife had exchanged online messages with warning them to stay away from her.
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