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Former Mpumalanga Police Officer Gets Eight Years for Sexual Abuse of Her Son

Video blackmail from a healer-directed ritual prompted a Section 105A plea after the clip resurfaced online.

Overview

  • A Middelburg High Court imposed a 14-year sentence with an effective eight years to be served in prison.
  • She was convicted of sexual assault, production of child pornography, and possession of child pornography, receiving 10 years for assault with two suspended, plus two years each for production and possession, with the latter concurrent.
  • The offences occurred in 2020 after a traditional healer instructed her to simulate intercourse with her 12-year-old son and record it, and the footage was later used to extort her.
  • The video surfaced on social media in 2023, she turned herself in, entered a Section 105A plea agreement, and was declared unfit to possess a firearm.
  • Prosecutors called it a grave betrayal of parental trust, and police reiterated that distributing child sexual abuse material is a serious crime.