The NPA welcomed the sentence, saying it reinforced its commitment in the fight against rising crimes against children who were trafficked under the guise of ukuthwala.
A man, his mother and the aunt of a teenager have been sentenced to 80 years in prison, collectively, after the aunt married her niece off to the man.
“The 14-year-old girl was trafficked from Mount Fletcher in December 2011. After losing her father, her aunt badly treated the girl and told her that she was sending her to Gudwana in Cape Town who was looking for a wife,” the prosecutor, senior state advocate Maria Marshall, said during the court ruling.
After they arrived at their house, the mother pointed out his bedroom and told the girl she would sleep with her son. She told the girl it was an arranged marriage.
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