Mothers are more likely to kill their own young children, while fathers often kill children who are not genetically related to them, such as stepchildren, writes Jana Smit
In the Bhisho High Court in the Eastern Cape on Thursday, Busisiwe Labi , who suffocated her two children last year, was sentenced to two prison terms of 22 years and six months for the murders. She will serve the sentences concurrently.
Photo: Netwerk24This is according to Colonel Kirsten Clark, a clinical psychologist and commanding officer of the division of investigative psychology in the Western Cape, in a report compiled for the recent court case involving a woman in the Eastern Cape who suffocated her two sons with plastic bags in September last year.Subscribe to News24 for just R75 per month to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. You can cancel any time.
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