Update: 6:55am – A mother of four who was earlier found guilty of one count of infanticide, has been handed down a three year suspended sentence.
High Court Judge Justice Riyaz Hamza said 40-year-old Vika Kelekele Laliqavoka went to the bathroom at her sister’s place, stayed there for 1 hour, gave birth to a baby boy and then killed her baby.
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Justice Hamza said that infanticide is a serious crime.
He said the aggravating factors in the case are loss of life of a baby, the mother killed her baby and she showed no regard to his life.
Justice Hamza said that the mitigating factors are that the woman is 40-years-old, a mother of four children, her eldest daughter is married and she is looking after her three children.
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