Woman in court for infanticide

Assistant Superintendent Boipuso Baatweng of Sikwane Police Station says the suspect burned the child in a 20 litre bucket on June 10th before throwing the body in a neighbour's abandoned toilet.Realising that the baby had been missing for two days, the accused's mother reported her to the police. Baatweng said when her mother asked where the child was, the accused said she gave her to someone across the border.  Mathubudukwane, in the Kgatleng district, is a river village seven kilometres from Deerdeport border post, South Africa.

The mother's suspicions were also sparked by the fact that the accused could not explain why the baby's clothes and other things remained in the house. Baatweng said after two days of questioning, the accused revealed that she had killed the child. She said she suffocated her, then tried to burn her in a 20 litre bucket using pampers, but that did not work. She then  threw her in a nearby toilet.