An eight-year-old girl who was on her way home from the shop died after being ridden over by a truck.
With her uncontrollable weeping in court as she listened to her legal representative's closing arguments yesterday, one could assume that Annari Cronjé's remorse is deep and sincere.
'This is not a murder as there was no element of intent. This was an accident which my client did not run away from. Society would want a harsher punishment because there was a death of a child, but she didn't set out to kill anyone, especially not a child. The sentence should serve the public interest, not public opinion,' Jansen said.
He said that by offering to pay she is not putting a price on the child, but is doing it out of remorse and to offer some form of compensation to the family.
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