As South Africa heads for the new year thousands of families will spend the festive season without their loved ones after a brutal year claimed the lives of 18 900 people.
The nine most prominent murder cases of 2017‚ in terms of media coverage and public outcry‚ were brutal in nature and mostly perpetrated against the most vulnerable people in society: women and children.
But if there is one thing that 2017 taught us‚ it is that the wheel of justice does turn‚ albeit slowly.
WATCH: Nine court cases that rocked SA in 2017
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As South Africa heads for the new year thousands of families will spend the festive season without their loved ones after a brutal year claimed the lives of 18 900 people.
The nine most prominent murder cases of 2017‚ in terms of media coverage and public outcry‚ were brutal in nature and mostly perpetrated against the most vulnerable people in society: women and children.
But if there is one thing that 2017 taught us‚ it is that the wheel of justice does turn‚ albeit slowly.
It's been a grizzly year in court for South Africans with murder trials bombarding the court programmes throughout the year. Here are 9 murder trials that captured the public's attention in 2017.
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