A 24-year-old woman is expected to appear before the Middelburg Magistrate’s Court after she barbarically murdered her three-month-old daughter.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Leonard Hlathi says the horrific incident happened on Friday evening, 11 June 2021, at Avontuur near Middelburg.
According to information, on the said day, the woman and her baby visited the infant’s father at the farm where he works. Apparently, upon her arrival, the man refused to let them inside, and she allegedly threatened to kill their baby if he did not open the door.
“It is said that the woman then threw the infant on the ground,” said Brigadier Hlathi.
On arrival with the police, paramedics certified the child’s death, resulting in police opening a murder case and immediately arresting the “Middleburg Monster”. The police spokesperson explains, “The investigation by the police has since revealed that the woman is originally from Zimbabwe and she is not in possession of legal documents to be in South Africa, hence a charge of contravention of the Immigration Act has been added to the murder charge.”
The Acting Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Major General Thulani Phahla, strongly condemned the incident and labelled it inhumane. He further said that parents should not use children to settle their love triangle scores.
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