The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has handed lengthy sentences to a couple that killed their two-year-old daughter. (Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp)
The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has sentenced a 37-year-old man to two life terms behind bars for the murder of his 2-year-old stepdaughter and the rape of her 8-year-old sister.
The mother of the child, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the children, was also handed a lengthy jail term for child abuse, neglecting her children and abetting her lover.
The couple is from Klopperpark in Germiston.
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