WARNING: THIS STORY MAY OFFEND SENSITIVE READERS INCLUDING CHILDREN
The Pretoria High Court has sentenced a man from Lotus Gardens in Pretoria to life in prison, and six years for the murder of an 11-year-old girl whom he stabbed 66 times. This over an unrequited love from the childs mother.
Chauke was also sentenced to six years for kidnapping the victim - a charge he pleaded not guilty to.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says the convict, Conwel Chauke, went to the womans home in Mamelodi in Pretoria where he lured the child, who was playing with friends, under the false pretense that he wanted to collect his belongings from her home.
He then stabbed the girl child 66 times, covered her body and fled the scene.
