Ballito mother in court after drowning her toddler in a bucket

The mother, of a four-year-old toddler who drowned in a bucket, will appear before the KwaDukuza Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, 28 April for murder.

According to Constable Thenjiswa Ngcobo, Umhlali police received a complaint from distraught residents in Ballito about the death of a four-year-old toddler on Tuesday.

When police arrived at the crime scene, the 45-year-old woman told law enforcement that her deceased daughter was troublesome.

“She stated that her child was difficult and troubling her, and she decided to drown the child in a bucket full of water until she stopped moving,” said Ngcobo.

“Both of the child’s hands were also tied with tape, and the little girl was certified dead at the scene.”

The mother was later arrested.

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Limpopo man hangs himself after killing his daughter

This comes after a murder-suicide in Limpopo after a father allegedly killed his two-year-old daughter and attempted to murder his other daughter on 15 April.

It was alleged that the 40-year-old father strangled his two-year-old daughter to death and also attempted to kill his other daughter aged 7, at Moleketla village under Limpopo’s Bolobedu policing area.

Following the horrific act, the 40-year-old man was believed to have taken his life by hanging himself.

According to the Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, the deceased took his two daughters and indicated he was going to kill them.

It was revealed that both children were allegedly staying with the deceased suspect while their mother was in Gauteng.

The child took the officials to the spot where the incident happened and on arrival, the police found the [other] child already dead from an apparent strangulation and the father hanging from a tree.

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