House arrest for mother who tried to sell baby on Gumtree

Wednesday, 04 May 2016, 13:34
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House arrest for mother who tried to sell baby on Gumtree
The young mother pleaded to contravening the contravening the Human Trafficking Act when she advertised the sale of her 19-month-old son on classifieds website Gumtree.
NATIONAL NEWS - A 20-year-old mother who tried to sell her baby online has been sentenced to house arrest for three years and a five-year suspended jail term.

Pietermaritzburg Regional Court magistrate Rose Mogwera on Wednesday further sentenced the woman to community service without remuneration.

The woman has to also attend life skills programmes and other courses determined by the Mental Health Society.

The young mother pleaded to contravening the contravening the Human Trafficking Act when she advertised the sale of her 19-month-old son on classifieds website Gumtree‚ and then proceeded to sell him for R5‚000 in a trap set up by police.
 

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