One year, eight months and four days after Marthinus Pelser tortured and murdered his baby boy in the cruellest fashion, he will at last hear his fate today.
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Sentencing is to take place today in the Roodepoort Regional Court. Magistrate Delize Smith is presiding with the assistance of two assessors.
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