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For IOL reporter 
7h ago
Cape Town – Lai Phepheng buried her 5-year-old son alive in her garden after taking him out of his grandmother’s house while the mother was at work.
What had prompted him to do this, because he had time to reconsider while transporting the boy from his grandmother’s home in Germiston, Gauteng, to Limpopo?
The National Tax Authority (NPA) in Limpopo said in a statement that the 36-year-old father from Ngwanamatle village in Jane Furse, Limpopo, was “very angry” after Thato’s mother divorced him.
The judge sentenced Phepheng to 20 years for murder and two years for burying the 5-year-old boy alive in a shallow grave in 2019 and thwarting the ends of justice. The sentences will be executed at the same time.
“Phepheng was arrested a few days later after the Ngwanamatle community confronted him. He pleaded guilty to the charges and stated that he was very angry that his mother had divorced him, ”NPA spokesperson Mashudu Malabi-Dzhangi said in a statement.
The prosecutor, lawyer Sontaga Malefahlo, had asked the court to impose a harsh sentence on Phepheng because he killed an innocent child.
“The murder of the deceased was brutal. She knew very well that her son was an innocent child but she didn’t care about the little soul.
Although the defendant showed remorse and pleaded guilty to the charges, the court should impose severe punishment on the defendant because he killed the deceased for no reason.
“The murder of women and children has become a serious problem in our country and the courts must send a message that these wrongdoings will not go unpunished,” Malefahlo said.
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