Wed May 22 02:50:35 SAST 2013

Child abusers get 10 years in jail

Jul 13, 2012 | Sapa, News24, Independent | 15 comments

Bradley Connor and Malinda Marshall have each been sentenced to 10 years in jail for abusing their son, causing him to die blind and brain-damaged

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Wed May 22 02:50:35 SAST 2013 ::
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Jul 13, 2012

Mellow

Only 10yrs? Why are they charged with abuse cause the child died? I'll never understand our justice system struus sbob
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Jul 13, 2012

BaleliM

@ Mellow- am also disappointed. An innocent child was abused and eventually died and the culprits get 10yrs sentence.
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Jul 13, 2012

sakhomba

I would never hurt my 2 month old Naledi, her cries are a constant reminder to be grateful that she is alive and growing strong.
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Jul 13, 2012

JB$

Good riddance to bad rubbish
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Jul 13, 2012

tumzangwana

the woman is expecting again? as soon as she gives birth the baby and the other two kids have to be taken far away from this woman. jerr some people are just devils jong.
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Jul 13, 2012

RobinH

I don't belive the lienecy of this sentence. This was worse than murder. The child appears to have been regularly tortured by these evil people. They should have got life, and she should be obliged to abort and both parents should be sterilised.
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Jul 13, 2012

RobinH

Hmm. Lousy typing there, sorry. "believe" and "leniency"......
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Jul 13, 2012

Nonc3ba

Hhhmmm 10 years and that means 5 years in our country & she'll b out soon. And now she's expecting another 1, they need 2 take pelegi e yagage elatlhiwe cos she a BAD mother. The kid died for petes sake.
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Jul 13, 2012

Rosco

Mmmm,only ten years,yaa neh,the skin color played a role here.if they were darker,life wud have been the sentence
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Jul 13, 2012

Papage

Justice system at its best. I will open my big eyes for future similar cases and see what happens, our courts are not up to standard, who is the Minister on this potfolio? Jeff, what does he know?
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Jul 13, 2012

Budapat

initial charges were abuse and later the young soul passed on, so why didn't the NPA change the charge to murder? jislaaaik!!
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Jul 13, 2012

GODESS

Eish mara, some stories will make you wanna cry. the poor child did not ask to be borne, im not condoning abortion mara maybe that was going to be better than to bring life into this world then torture the poor soul to death *sad*
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Jul 13, 2012

LBS

@Rosco
Mmmm,only ten years,yaa neh,the skin color played a role here.if they were darker,life wud have been the sentence
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There's always 'someone' who brings r ace into comments. WHY??
Everyone else condemns the actions/sentence and that is how it should be

Shockng, brutal and evil is what they are. They should be sterilized and not allowed near children in future - not even their own!
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Jul 14, 2012

wendyyah

only 10yrs, they deserve to rot in hell.
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Jul 14, 2012

Brighteyes

This is all wrong. Those 2 horrible people do not deserve to live... if they did not want the child they should have opted for adoption. At least then the child could have had a chance to life.... the child did not ask to be there!!!
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