Illegal abortions peeve Magistrate
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
This came to the fore when Principal Magistrate, Dumisane Basupi sentenced Pearl David, 20 and Boitumelo Basana, 31, for a single count of procuring an abortion.
Basupi sentenced David and Basana to four years in jail wholly suspended for five years on condition that they do not commit a similar offence within that period. In addition, the court fined the accused P500 payable in seven days failure to which the accused shall serve one year in jail.
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