Mortimer saunders
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The situation outside the Goodwood magistrates court was heated on Friday morning as a large group of people protested against the little girl's murder.
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The man convicted of raping and killing three year old Courtney Pieters has been denied leave to appeal.
Mortimer Saunders has been given life in prison for raping and murdering the child last year. The sentences will run consecutively.
Judge Babalwa Mantame delivered sentencing to child killer Mortimer Saunders more than a year after he murdered three-year-old Courtney Pieters.
The Elsies River man has been convicted of the rape and premeditated murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters.
The little girl's body was discovered in the Epping industrial area in May last year, nine days after she had disappeared from her home.
Mortimer Saunders, the man convicted of the girl's rape and premeditated murder, appeared in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday for sentencing proceedings.
Sentencing proceedings against Mortimer Saunders, the man convicted of the rape and murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters, is underway in the Western Cape High Court.
Probation officer Jeremy Kessie says during his assessment of the convicted child rapist and murderer, Saunders maintained he did not intend to kill Courtney Pieters.
Judge Babalwa Mantame had found that the State has proven beyond reasonable doubt that three-year-old Courtney Pieters’ murder was premeditated.
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Judge Babalwa Mantame on Thursday convicted Mortimer Saunders of rape and the premeditated murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters.
Judge Babalwa Mantame says Juanita Pieters showed remorse and took responsibility for leaving her children unattended on the day Courtney disappeared.
Mortimer Saunders has been found guilty on charges of rape and premeditated murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters.
Mortimer Saunders has been found guilty on charges of rape and premeditated murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters.
Saunders has confessed to killing three-year-old Courtney Pieters but denies that it was premeditated.
High Court Judge Babalwa Mantame read out Mortimer Saunders’ submissions that were first heard at the start of his trial. Saunders has confessed to the murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters in May 2017.
Saunders was arrested after the body of three-year-old Courtney Pieters was found in Epping Industria in May 2017.