Mthatha woman in court for murder in frozen babies case
02 July 2015 - 13:31
An Eastern Cape woman facing four counts of murder and concealment of birth will appear in a Mthatha court on Thursday morning. Melice Jacobs‚ 30‚ was arrested after the frozen bodies of four babies were found in two freezers in her New Brighton‚ Mthatha‚ house.She had earlier told the court the dead babies were hers and that she had kept them after enduring years of abuse at the hands of her boyfriend.She claimed the abuse resulted in miscarriages. – Daily Dispatch..
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