NORTH WEST. – A mother (34) was on Thursday given a fine of R6 000 or three years' imprisonment after being found guilty in the Klerksdorp magistrate's court of assaulting her 12-year-old daughter in Kanana. She bit her daughter and struck her with a broom handle.
Sergeant Kelebogile Morake, police spokesperson, says the court suspended the entire sentence for five years on condition that the mother is not found guilty of assault during that period. She must also attend programmes on anger management and parenting as determined by a social worker. The 12-year-old arrived at her father's house crying on the morning of 6 March. She told him that her mother had struck her with a broom handle and bitten her on the back after a disagreement over clothes. She sustained bruises on her left eye and on the left side of her back. The incident was first reported to a social worker and then to the police.
Detective Constable Tumisang Lobaleng of Klerksdorp's family violence, child protection and sexual crimes (FCS) unit and Anja Gressman, the state prosecutor, successfully investigated and prosecuted the case.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
