Alleged child abuser leaves court under police guard | ntwaagae
Police escorted a caregiver from the Oberholzer Magistrate's Court, where an angry mob of protesters were waiting for her after she appeared in connection with child abuse allegations.
Angry parents of children who attended the now defunct crèche protested at the court on Tuesday and asked police officers to hand Senwametsi over to them so that they could take revenge. While in the dock on Tuesday morning, she was dressed in a pair of blue jeans and kept her eyes glued to the magistrate. She didn't turn to look in the direction of the public gallery, where people pointed their fingers at her and whispered.Raath reprimanded the people in the gallery, warning them that they should remain silent and threatened to detain them for contempt of court.
The accused's legal representative, Athi Linigane, withdrew without giving reasons and a new lawyer is taking over.Members of the public order police unit arrived in two vans and managed to sneak the woman out of the court building.
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