News from Pretoria is that the mother of a mentally disabled child has pleaded for the court to be lenient in sentencing her son for RAPING HER... TWICE. (From IOL)
The mother said her son only did "these things" when he was drunk - just like his father.
"I just want to ask for mitigation. I love all my children. If he gets treatment for his alcohol and drug addiction, I don't think there will be any more problems. I have forgiven him," she said.
She said she had visited her son in jail. She did not know anyone else towards whom her son had shown "this sexual deviant behaviour".
However, defence advocate Sas Erasmus reminded the mother that the accused had a previous conviction for incest, although it was about 20 years ago.
"Oh yes, his sister. But there was no one else," the mother said.
She told the court her husband had been so abusive that welfare authorities had taken her seven eldest children away to a children's home. The accused was her third child and was aged nine at that time.
"My husband hit the three eldest boys with a sjambok or a stick, leaving thick scars. He also assaulted me. But these things only happened when he was drunk," the mother said.
Both she and her husband had been in special schools.
A word to the wise - keep the alcohol out of the home! This case is a sad consequence of doubling our alcohol consumption in 10 years. The article does not say what the cause of the "special-ness" within the family is, but would you bet against FAS? Alcohol is part of the family it seems. FAS sufferers struggle to tell the difference between good and bad and it's only when this "child" is drunk that he wants to get on the FAS Rape Merry-go-round. Is it any surprise that South Africa is the rape capital of the world?
Cannabis is SAFER than alcohol if you don't want to get raped!
The mother said her son only did "these things" when he was drunk - just like his father.
"I just want to ask for mitigation. I love all my children. If he gets treatment for his alcohol and drug addiction, I don't think there will be any more problems. I have forgiven him," she said.
She said she had visited her son in jail. She did not know anyone else towards whom her son had shown "this sexual deviant behaviour".
However, defence advocate Sas Erasmus reminded the mother that the accused had a previous conviction for incest, although it was about 20 years ago.
"Oh yes, his sister. But there was no one else," the mother said.
She told the court her husband had been so abusive that welfare authorities had taken her seven eldest children away to a children's home. The accused was her third child and was aged nine at that time.
"My husband hit the three eldest boys with a sjambok or a stick, leaving thick scars. He also assaulted me. But these things only happened when he was drunk," the mother said.
Both she and her husband had been in special schools.
A word to the wise - keep the alcohol out of the home! This case is a sad consequence of doubling our alcohol consumption in 10 years. The article does not say what the cause of the "special-ness" within the family is, but would you bet against FAS? Alcohol is part of the family it seems. FAS sufferers struggle to tell the difference between good and bad and it's only when this "child" is drunk that he wants to get on the FAS Rape Merry-go-round. Is it any surprise that South Africa is the rape capital of the world?
Cannabis is SAFER than alcohol if you don't want to get raped!
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