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Tina Mbili before the attack. The photos of her after the attack follow. WARNING: not for sensitive readers.

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TINA Mbili’’s family yesterday sent out an impassioned plea to police to protect them from the man, who allegedly beat her to a pulp 12 days ago.

After Mbili, a single mother of a 17-month-old daughter, was discharged from hospital yesterday, her sister, Ross Harichand begged for protection.

“We are actually begging the police to keep that man away from us. We are so scared. I am terrified at the thought of coming home from work to find my sister and her child dead,” she said.

KwaZulu-Natal police — who have been acting on the assumption that Mbili’’s ex-boyfriend and father of her child, Michael Padayachee, brutally assaulted her and left her for dead in a Verulam park — have set up a special task team to track him down.

But Padayachee has still not been arrested.

Harichand yesterday said police were simply not doing their job because Padayachee had been seen near their home and in the area several times since the savage attack.

“With him still out there, we all are at risk. Tina, my other sister, my daughter and my niece. Police could not enforce the protection order but surely they can now arrest him.”

Mbili had obtained a protection order against Padayachee, and two domestic violence cases in which he is the accused are pending.

Harichand also wants police to search Padayachee’’s home to retrieve Mbili’’s identity document, bank cards, cellphone and money which was taken during the attack.

KwaZulu-Natal police spokesman Colonel Jay Naicker yesterday said police could not take Mbili to a safe house and that it was up to her to go to a facility for abused women.

Harichand said her sister would consider it if it would guarantee her safety.

“If it means her life will be saved, then we will consider it but I feel as long as that man is walking free, he can find her,” she said.

The Centre for Gender Commission has also approached Mbili to lodge a formal complaint with its office so it can track the police’’s progress in making an arrest.

“I have filled in the forms and am grateful for so many groups and organisations that have come forward to assist us,” Harichand said.

Mbili’’s recovery is expected to be slow.

 “Her face is still swollen. The doctor cleared her to go home but she will have to see him every week. She won’’t be at work for a long time,” Harichand said.

She added that Mbili’’s daughter’’s excitement to have her mother back home brought tears to her eyes.

“It is so good to have Tina home. Her baby is sleeping next to her. I look at them and I pray that they are kept safe”.

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Sep 3, 2012

cocolucho

Where is the department for women, children and people with disabilities?
The police are so useless, its disgusting
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Sep 3, 2012

GODESS

God is great....after the way she looked, haykhona. wishing you a speedy recovery.
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Sep 3, 2012

Kaylae

Sowetan stop blocking my comments please tu nothing vulgar moes

Since they cannot lock this mad dude atleast house her for protection.Please community assist the police to arrest this phsycho before he do more harm
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Sep 3, 2012

Ompas

I realy hate a man that beat and abuse the woman in this times in a millenium,i dont know how does a man feel to pain another person and feel proud about it?
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Sep 3, 2012

GODESS

@Kaylae, my thoughts exactly, house her because with this mad man still out there, this time she will not come out alive, this dude seems like a physco.
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Sep 3, 2012

sabza007

Women and Children abusers have space in our society.They must be punished severely and no remorse must shown when they are sentenced. As long as we give people 10 years for murder and they serve 50% of that sentence before being released, I have no hope we will win this war.
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Sep 3, 2012

LAC

@sabza007 like your comment it is so true we fighting a loosing battle
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Sep 3, 2012

Kaylae

sabza007
Women and Children abusers have space in our society.They must be punished severely and no remorse must shown when they are sentenced. As long as we give people 10 years for murder and they serve 50% of that sentence before being released, I have no hope we will win this war.
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True that but with corrupt officials they are afraid they might be sh00ting themselves in the foot cause they are no.1 to break the rules
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Sep 3, 2012

candilious

i prefered you being in Hospital ,but God is good do have a speedy recovery . Your fight is far from over ...
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Sep 3, 2012

Mellow

@Coco and Kaylae
I feel your frustrations ladies its really disgusting to think she had gone through all the necessary procedures to get this monster locked up and the so called officers did jerk and now he's missing in action, I also vote for mob justice cause he's a ticking bomb and Tina's family is and will never be safe for as long as he roams free

@Candy Hi my friendship but she cannot live in a hospital forever as much as its looks like hosp. is the only safe place for her just sad hope they find him before he k.ills the poor gal

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