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In the dock: Lesego Sello is standing trial in the Krugersdorp Magistrate's Court for the alleged murder of her one-year-old daughter Basetsana. PHOTO: BAFANA MAHLANGU

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Lesego Sello, 19, allegedly stabbed her daughter on May 26 at her aunt's house in Kagiso on the West Rand.

She appeared in the Krugersdorp Magistrate's Court yesterday. The case was postponed to November 29.

"It was alleged that Basetsana was poisoned as well as stabbed, and it is unclear at this stage what the cause of death was. That is what the toxicology report will determine," Sello's attorney, Nditsheni Randela, said.

During her last court appearance, at which she was granted R2,000 bail, Sergeant Frans Mosome, who appeared on behalf of investigating officer Sergeant Samuel Petlele, testified that Sello had initially fed her daughter tablets.

"... if my memory serves me well the applicant before this court gave the deceased tablets and when that did not work, she stabbed her," Mosome said.

After her arrest Sello spent two months in the Sterkfontein Psychiatric Hospital, and was declared mentally fit to stand trial.

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Tue May 21 22:04:32 SAST 2013 ::

Sep 28, 2012

Olebza

Sick ppl....how cn you carry a child for 9 mnths the next thing u kill her/him
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Sep 28, 2012

KukuyaLethosa

She must be Tswana woman with Xhosa blood. Those people are evil. they just don't have feelings. I'll stick to my Pedi people.
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Sep 28, 2012

Nastradamas

@KukuyaLethosa
goa tshwana mapedi a loya le one
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Sep 28, 2012

sowet123

@ Nastradamas
o na le bohlatse bo bo kanang kanang gore mapedi ba loya?
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Sep 28, 2012

veekay

joooh mara... ke sehlogo mang to such an innocent soul?????? *heartbroken for decades*
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Sep 28, 2012

Virgin.after.sex

@kukuyalethosa, ao bathong!!! Y do u ppl always have to bring tribe into every issue. Clearly, these Tswanas & Xhosas have looks, which is something u Pedis don't have and maybe there's something else u aspire about them . That's why u feel the need to criticise. What about a 21 year old Limpopo woman who strangled a 4 year old son to appease her stupid boyfriend.
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Sep 28, 2012

skwamasamabele

@kukuyalethosa- When this country decend into Civil war, please stand up and be counted as an instigator of division. Muppet!!!

Why was she granted bail?? It seems in SA human life is totally worthless. Here in the UK, she would be remanded in custody, and in women's jail she would have been lynched, and would have got a hefty sentence. Our criminal justice system is a joke
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