South Africa
Ten years each for parents guilty of child abuse─── 10:34 Sat, 14 Sep 2019
Two parents have each been slapped with a ten-year prison sentence for abusing their 21-month-old baby boy.
They were sentenced in the Galeshewe Regional Court earlier this week.
The mother and father were arrested in November last year after an NGO reported the abuse to the police.
This happened after the child was admitted to the hospital.
The police’s Dimakatso Mooi said: “The victim was found with swollen eyes and several injuries on his face and back. His buttocks were also severely burned. Both suspects were charged with assault.”
