BREAKING NEWS: 2 life sentences for Courtney's killer and rapist, family reacts

578 views · Published 11 December 2018 · 8:05 · Indexed 27 October 2026

Channel: SABC News · 2018 · News & Politics

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The killer of three-year-old Courtney Pieters has been given two life sentences in the High Court in Cape Town. Mortimer Saunders was convicted of rape and murder charges a few weeks ago. Courtney's body was found in Epping Industria in May 2017 after she'd been reported missing from her Elsies River home. Judge Babalwa Mantame handed down the sentence this afternoon.

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