According to an article on The Citizen website, Ines Antonio is relieved Jan Pieterse will spend 10 years behind bars, however the trauma she and her daughter went through still lingers in her memory.
Pieterse was jailed for throwing acid on Antonio’s face and over her body and faces.
However, despite medical evidence, the court did not find him guilty of also pouring acid on their five-year-old daughter’s hand. Pieterse would pull his daughter by her hair because it did not resemble his, said Antonio.
Pieterse had told the court his intention was not to hurt their daughter, but her mother. Antonio said Pieterse laughed when he saw the scars on her face and said no man would sleep with her again.
According to the Citizen, Antonio believes police failed her as she had on several occasions reported the abuse, but no arrest was made. Prior to the acid incident, she reported one of the several cases of abuse against Pieterse at Norwood police station to a female officer, but nothing was done.
The full story can be found on here.
