Joburg Parents Sentenced For Viciously Abusing Their Children And Murdering Daughter

Two people from Alberton North in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, have been sentenced in the Johannesburg High Court for heinous crimes committed against their children.

The 30-year-old mother and 41-year-old father were convicted of child abuse, rape, and murder in connection with the circumstances surrounding the death of their two-year-old girl, and abuse of their six-year-old son.

The court heard the couples disturbing history of abuse that started in 2018 when the Department of Social Development DSD removed the two minors from their parents custody due to allegations of negligence, drug abuse, and child abuse.

Unfortunately, the parents regained custody in December 2020 following a Children's Court order.

The two-year-old daughter died on May 11, 2021, due to injuries sustained from abuse.