GQEBERHA | WOMAN GETS 8 YEAR SENTENCE AFTER HER DEHYDRATED 11 MONTH OLD CHILD WAS DISCOVERED ON A PAVEMENT
On Friday, 8 April 2022, a 24-year-old Helenvale mother was sentenced to imprisonment for child abandonment after she abandoned her 11-month-old child on a pavement in February 2022.
On 02 February 2022, at 13:45, Muriel Kayser left her baby in front of a house in Harry Trichardt Street in Cleary Park.
When a resident came home, she observed movement on the pavement and upon closer inspection, found the baby girl.
The child was sun burnt and severely dehydrated.
The FCS Unit in Gqeberha was investigating the case of child abandonment.
On 21 February 2022, Detective Sergeant Thabang Shilajoe traced and arrested the mother at her boyfriend’s house in Hartebeest Street in Helenvale.
On 08 April 2022, she was sentenced in the Gqeberha Regional court to 8 years imprisonment of which 3 years was suspended for 5 years. She will serve an effective 5 years in prison.
GQEBERHA | WOMAN GETS 8 YEAR SENTENCE AFTER HER DEHYDRATED 11 MONTH OLD CHILD WAS DISCOVERED ON A PAVEMENT
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