‘I couldn’t leave her behind’ says mom charged with daughter’s murder
A Ballito woman has been slapped with an 18-year prison sentence for the murder of her four-year-old daughter.
The 47-year-old was sentenced in the KwaDukuza Regional Court yesterday.
She was arrested at her north coast home in April 2022 after the child was drowned in a bucket of water.
The mother pleaded guilty to charges of murder earlier this year.
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NPA KZN spokesperson, Natasha Kara says in her plea, the woman claimed she’d been suffering from severe depression and attempted to take her own life - but could not leave her daughter behind.
Kara says she claimed that her depression stemmed from missing her first child who lived with her ex-husband and missing her current husband who was out of the country for work.
"The woman was also declared unfit to possess a firearm. The NPA welcomes the finalisation of this matter as it is our mandate to pursue justice on behalf of victims of crime."
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