siblings killed their mother

In a separate incident, Sipho Nkosi was found guilty of attempted murder after he slit a young girl’s throat in 2022. Image: Stock.

Call for a man who slit young girl’s throat to get a life sentence

The man got into an argument with the young girl’s mother and in retaliation he slit the eight-year-old’s throat.

siblings killed their mother

In a separate incident, Sipho Nkosi was found guilty of attempted murder after he slit a young girl’s throat in 2022. Image: Stock.

Civil rights movement, Not In My Name says it expects nothing less than a life sentence when Sipho Nkosi, the man who slit an eight-year-old girl’s throat after arguing with and assaulting the mother is sentenced on 10 May. 

The incident reportedly happened in Mamelodi and the minor was taken to Pretoria East Hospital. Nkosi was the child’s mother’s boyfriend at the time. 

MAN WHO SLIT YOUNG GIRL’S THROAT TO BE SENTENCED 

As previously reported by The South African, according to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the couple involved were at a funeral and got into an argument. Things took a sickening turn from there.

“The following day while the mother of the minor had gone to a nearby car wash in Mamelodi, the accused went to a house where she stayed to try and work things out. When he arrived, he found the minor with her grandmother. It is alleged that the accused took a butcher knife he found in the kitchen and slit the throat of the minor. The man and the mother of the minor are in a relationship.”

NPA spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana

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The mother of the child reportedly heard screams from her own mother, and quickly rushed home. Once there, the child was rushed to the hospital.

The accused was arrested after he handed himself over at the Hammanskraal Police Station in Pretoria North.

The victim’s father said he had not slept since the day of the attack, and he had been working tirelessly to find information that would help get his daughter justice.

Nkosi appeared at the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 18 April and was found guilty of attempted murder. He will return on 10 May 2023 for sentencing. 

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CALL FOR A HEFTY SENTENCE FOR GBV PERPETRATOR 

Not In My Name spokesperson Mo Senne said they expect nothing less than a life sentence for the man who has two previous GBV convictions. 

Senne said they call on the justice system to re-evaluate their processes when it comes to bail and parole, as well as the rehabilitation measures used to assess their fitness to be released back into society. 

“Perpetrators of GBV rarely ever offend once – this is indicative of a fault in the justice system and correctional services,” he said.

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