Child burnt, beaten bloody in horror abuse

Thursday, October 27, 2016

JWANENG: A two-year-old boy sustained serious burns in October 2015, before being beaten to a bloody pulp and hospitalised for four days in December of the same year, allegedly at the hands of his father, a Magistrate’s Court here has heard.

In the December incident, the minor was allegedly left unable to urinate due to swollen private parts, with a swollen face and visible sjambok bruises all over his body.

On Tuesday, the mother of the boy took to the stand before Magistrate Basetsana Keakantse and testified that she received a call from the father on October 11, 2015, informing her that the boy had been seriously burnt and was being treated at Thankane Clinic.

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Child burnt, beaten bloody in horror abuse

JWANENG: A two-year-old boy sustained serious burns in October 2015, before being beaten to a bloody pulp and hospitalised for four days in December of the same year, allegedly at the hands of his father, a Magistrate’s Court here has heard.

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