Mother who torched son found guilty

FRANCISTOWN: A 38-year old mother yesterday told a shocked court in Francistown how she had doused her son with paraffin and set him alight over missing money because she wanted the boy to have permanent scars.

I wanted him to have permanent scars that would remain a reminder every time he thought of stealing, said Eva Segolame

 

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