WMACA backs calls for life sentences for couple convicted of murder of daughter, abusing son

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CAPE TOWN - Child advocacy group Women and Men Against Child Abuse (WACA) said that it supported calls for life sentences to be handed to a couple found guilty of the abuse and murder of their two young children.
 
In June, the Gauteng High Court convicted the 29-year-old mother and 40-year-old father for the rape and murder of their three-year-old daughter, known as Baby B, in 2021.
 
They were also found guilty of abusing their surviving six-year-old son, known as Little D.
 
The court heard that the couple would slam their three-year-old daughter against the wall and hit their six-year-old boy with an electrical cord.
 
Women and Men Against Child Abuse director, Miranda Jordan, said that during the trial, both parents, especially the mother, showed no remorse for their actions.
 
Sentencing is expected to be handed down next week.
  
"Prosecutor Williams made it clear that this is a case that demands nothing less than a life sentence. The severity of the crimes, the lack of remorse by both parents and the impact on the little victims, particularly Little D, who was re-traumatised by having to relive the horrors he witnessed, leave absolutely no room for leniency," Jordan said.