A Pretoria woman has been sent to prison after she poisoned her three-month-old baby with pesticide
Nita Shipalana, 21, was sentenced to 15 years, five of which were suspended, after she entered into a plea bargain with the State, Beeld reported.
Shipalana, from the upmarket Cornwall Hill suburb, east of Pretoria, put “two step”, an agricultural chemical pesticide, into her daughter’s porridge after she refused to drink poisoned milk.
Shipalana admitted guilt after her two older brothers saw the pesticide in the infant’s porridge. They forced her into a car, sitting on either side of her, and drove to the local police station.
She was allegedly angry after her mother told her to take time off from her studies to care for the baby.
The father will be tried on a later date.
Shipalana will testify for the State as part of her plea bargain.
In sentencing, the court took into account that Nita Shipalana was a first-time offender and suffered from borderline personality disorder.
Three-month-old Morongwa was treated at the Unitas Hospital in Centurion, Pretoria, after she stared vomiting and struggled to breathe.
Mom jailed for poisoning baby
A Pretoria woman has been sent to prison after she poisoned her three-month-old baby with pesticide
Nita Shipalana, 21, was sentenced to 15 years, five of which were suspended, after she entered into a plea bargain with the State, Beeld reported.
Shipalana, from the upmarket Cornwall Hill suburb, east of Pretoria, put “two step”, an agricultural chemical pesticide, into her daughter’s porridge after she refused to drink poisoned milk.
Shipalana admitted guilt after her two older brothers saw the pesticide in the infant’s porridge. They forced her into a car, sitting on either side of her, and drove to the local police station.
She was allegedly angry after her mother told her to take time off from her studies to care for the baby.
The father will be tried on a later date.
Shipalana will testify for the State as part of her plea bargain.
In sentencing, the court took into account that Nita Shipalana was a first-time offender and suffered from borderline personality disorder.
Three-month-old Morongwa was treated at the Unitas Hospital in Centurion, Pretoria, after she stared vomiting and struggled to breathe.
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