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The boy’s mother, Abigail Ruiters, and her ex-boyfriend, Ameerudien Peters, appeared in Western Cape Superior Court Monday. The boy was beaten and later pronounced dead at the local clinic in 2017.
FILE: Ameerudien Peters (right), who raped and murdered the boy Jeremiah Ruiters, is pictured with the boy’s mother, Abigail Ruiters (in red), in Western Cape Superior Court on November 5, 2019. Photo: Lauren Isaacs / EWN
CAPE TOWN – A Kensington couple was convicted in connection with the rape, murder and neglect of 18-month-old Jeremiah Ruiters.
The boy’s mother, Abigail Ruiters, and her ex-boyfriend, Ameerudien Peters, appeared in Western Cape Superior Court Monday.
The boy was beaten and later pronounced dead at the Kensington Clinic in June 2017.
The court has handed Abigail Ruiters a sentence of six years, of which three have been suspended.
The woman, who has three other children, was found guilty of child neglect late last year.
Her ex-boyfriend, Peters, has been sentenced to life in prison for rape, 15 years for murder, and six years for child abuse.
During the trial, Ruiters insisted that he was only aware of some of his son’s injuries and testified that he believed his genital injuries were the result of a diaper rash.
The court found that Peters, who was supposed to care for the boy while his mother worked, repeatedly abused him and inflicted excruciating pain.
The boy had genital and mouth injuries and had broken bones in his legs, hands, rib cage and head injuries.
Ruiters and Peters also share a son she gave birth to while behind bars.
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