Eastern Cape woman convicted of child’s murder after drowning six‑year‑old in river
Evidence National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Luxolo Tiyali said that, relying on compelling circumstantial evidence and a confession that Sinyikatha later sought to repudiate, the court found that she murdered the child because she believed the girl’s mother was responsible for the death of her own nine-month-old baby, who had died a few days earlier.
A 23-year-old woman has been convicted of the death of a six-year-old girl, with the court finding that she drowned the child in a river after blaming the girl’s mother for the death of her own infant.
The woman murdered the child because she believed the girl's mother was responsible for the death of her own nine-month-old baby.
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