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BABY BOY ASSAULTED: BIOLOGICAL FATHER ARRESTED AFTER BABY IS CHOKED AND BEATEN
Innocent victim TARRYNLEIGH SOLOMONS @tarryns07
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he Western Cape Department of Social Development condemns in the strongest possible terms the assault of an 11month-old baby boy in Delft. It’s said that the child, who was allegedly assaulted by his biological father, was kidnapped, choked and beaten before being dumped inside a sewer pipe along the R300 highway. It’s believed that the father took the baby from the mother on Monday 15 January and ran off.
A passerby found the baby on Tuesday 16 January. The child was taken to Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in a critical condition. “We are horrified by the continued abuse of our children. This needs to stop. Our children cannot become victims of assault. They are so small and don’t deserve any of it,” says social development MEC, Albert Fritz. “We will continue to support police in their investigation to make this case stronger and we want the courts to give this man a harsh sentence, because it is not okay to
assault a baby,” says a highly upset Fritz. A 33-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly beating the baby. Candice van der Rheede of the Western Cape Missing Persons Unit in Delft says she is saddened by this vicious attack on the baby. “I’ve been assisting the mother since the boy went missing. According to the mother, the father allegedly snatched the child after 09:00 on Monday (15 January). She then went to the police station to report her child missing. V To page 2.
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