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By IOL Reporter 
21h ago
Durban – Four people involved in the abduction of Vanderbijlpark girl Amy’Leigh de Jager last year were sentenced in Gauteng High Court, sitting in Palm Ridge, on Thursday.
All four, Tharina Human Laetitia Nel, Pieter Jacobus van Zyl and Bafokeng Molemohi, were found guilty of kidnapping and attempted extortion.
Human, who is believed to have been the mastermind behind the kidnapping, was a teacher at the school at the time. She was a friend of the family and had taught Amy’Leigh’s brother at Grade RR.
She was sentenced to 10 years in prison, while Nel received a five-year sentence. Van Zyl was sentenced to eight years and Molemohi to seven years behind bars.
All four were arrested after Amy’Leigh was abducted outside the Laerskool Kollegepark in Vanderbijlpark in September last year.
Four men in ski masks pushed their brother aside before grabbing the girl and driving off with her in an unmarked white Toyota Fortuner.
After initially demanding R2 million as a ransom, his kidnappers abandoned their plan. She was returned to her family unharmed a day later, after intense media coverage and a frantic search for the girl.
Amy’Leigh’s father, Wynand, said he was happy the matter was over.
“I am happy that it has come to an end so that we can move on with our lives and my daughter can start living a normal life as a child and we can start looking forward now to improve her as my daughter and improve her way of living “he told News24.
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