Two accused have each been found guilty and sentenced by the Bloemfontein Magistrate Court for assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and child abuse.
The first accused, aged 46 who is the father of the fourteen-year-old victim from Caleb Motshabi location in Kagisanong area, had been reportedly assaulting his daughter over a period of time.
This went on until the victim allegedly wanted to take her own life on Friday, 09 December 2022 and a caring neighbour felt obliged to blow the whistle to try to save the teenage girl from the hands of her abusive father.
The second sentence was that of a mother (32) from Denne Laan Plot in the Bloemspruit area of Bloemfontein, who left her two children, aged twelve and thirteen, unattended. The two teens, hungry and tired, went to the Bloemspruit Police Station seeking help. Upon probing them, it was discovered that their mother had abandoned them and a child neglect case was opened for investigation.
Thanks to the efforts put in by members of the Mangaung Family Violence, Sexual Offences and Child Protection Unit while investigating these two cases, the father charged for assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and was sentenced to five years imprisonment wholly suspended for five years.
The mother was sentenced to four years imprisonment for child abuse, wholly suspended for five years. All the children have been placed in a place of safety.
Content retrieved from: https://www.saps.gov.za/newsroom/msspeechdetail.php?nid=48090.
