Louisa Koekemoer (biological mother) and Kobus Koekemoer (stepfather) heard their fate in the Northern Gauteng High Court in Pretoria today.
Both received life sentences and an additional 10 years each for child abuse. The Herald‘s source, Jacobus Ludick, an activist for Poppie confirmed the sentences.
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Michélle Naudé Tönsing, also an activist, added the judge said the two are to never again deal with children.
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