Selaolo alleges police brutality

Gaofengwe Selaolo arriving at the Broadhurst Magistrate Court PIC. KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
Gaofengwe Selaolo arriving at the Broadhurst Magistrate Court PIC. KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

The woman who is accused of abducting and later killing 11-year-old Clifford Moncho says most of the things she has confessed to are not true.

Thirty-two-year-old Gaofengwe Selaolo, who is the girlfriend to Clifford’s father, told the court she only confessed because the police were torturing her.

Selaolo said this yesterday before Magistrate Nthabiseng Merafhe-Tladi of the Broadhurst Magistrate Courts. She was initially charged with child abduction but she now faces a charge of murder.

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