S.African woman gets life for selling 6-year-old daughter
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3037447/s-african-woman-gets-life-for-selling-6-year-old-daughter
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3037447/s-african-woman-gets-life-for-selling-6-year-old-daughter
20 Comments
jeena@piefed.jeena.net · 24 pts · 1y
That's not enough.
L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 1y
Child receives lifetime abuse and trauma.
She receives the reward of life.
alleycat@feddit.org · 16 pts · 1y
The child had albinism. There are known cases in other African countries where people with albinism have been killed and their bodyparts been used for "witchcraft" purposes. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_people_with_albinism)
I think that implies that the child was literally butchered and its bodyparts sold.
volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
If you google the kid she definitely doesn't have albinism. Which makes it even weirder that she was sold for body parts.
Bort@hilariouschaos.com · 14 pts · 1y
It looks like the kid might have been sold to harvest her skin and eyes…. There’s a good chance she isn’t alive.
Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Apparently she hasn't been found yet, dead or alive.
Sounds like most likely dead given the circumstances. Just not proven yet.
RedditAdminsSuckIt@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Sometimes I wish I didn’t have empathy or feelings. The little person that is depending on you for safety and comfort and this is what they get, an atrocity. Monsters are real
MuskyMelon@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Assuming the child is still alive
Gork@lemm.ee · 19 pts · 1y
The judge added her name to the child protection register. Isn't that a bit superfluous if she's going to be in prison for the rest of her life?
Then again lots of sentences don't make sense.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 1y
I guess it's in case the sentence gets shortened or she gets parole. "Life" doesn't always turn out to be life
RouxBru@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Unfortunately "life" doesn't mean "untill death" in SA
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 1y
What happened to the "traditional healer" who bought the child?
khannie@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Yeah there is entirely too little detail in this article.
This could be interpreted in an entirely horrific way. It's the middle of the night here. I was hoping to get back to sleep like :(
grrgyle@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 1y
Fucking wild that 3 people could have so little conscience between them.
Pacattack57@lemmy.world · -27 pts · 1y
I can’t think of any reason that her nationality matters outside of its relation to the South African farmers that were allowed to enter the country.
TheFriar@lemm.ee · 20 pts · 1y
Jesus Christ. This is why people hate Americans.
Pacattack57@lemmy.world · -13 pts · 1y
You misunderstood what I said and used to marginalize an entire country. This is why people hate you. You don’t even know if I’m American or not.
Mac@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 1y
You're assuming they didn't take a quick look at your profile. It took ten seconds.
2ugly2live@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
"Oh, wow, where did this take place?" "S. Africa." "Why didn't they just put that in the title? 😤"
Pacattack57@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 1y
Fair enough 😂