{"id":3324,"date":"2019-09-19T09:57:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T09:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/?p=3324"},"modified":"2019-09-19T09:57:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T09:57:01","slug":"i-deserve-life-sentence-mother-who-poisoned-4-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/2019\/09\/19\/i-deserve-life-sentence-mother-who-poisoned-4-children\/","title":{"rendered":"I deserve life sentence: mother who poisoned 4 children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe width=\"799\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aNBHhXQ5F3E\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>JOHANNESBURG &#8211; Zinhle&nbsp;Maditla&nbsp;faces possible multiple life sentences after pleading guilty to premeditated murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The woman admitted to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/news\/mpumalanga-mother-accused-killing-her-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">feeding her four children rat poison.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maditla\u00a0took the stand for the first time, to ask the court for mercy on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A pre-sentencing report says the 25-year-old may have been stressed&nbsp;about how she would take care of her children as a single and unemployed mother of four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She had allegedly discovered the father of two of her children with another woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AAHsrkA.img?h=506&amp;w=799&amp;m=6&amp;q=60&amp;o=f&amp;l=f&amp;x=601&amp;y=454\" alt=\"a person posing for the camera\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The decomposing bodies of 8-year-old&nbsp;Minenhle, 6-year-old Blessing, 4-year-old&nbsp;Shaniqua&nbsp;and 11-month-old Ethan were found wrapped in blankets on the 30th of December last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tears began to flow when&nbsp;Maditla&nbsp;apologised to her family, her mother and the fathers of her children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>WATCH:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/news\/mother-accused-killing-her-4-children-appears-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gruesome details of Klarinet child murders emerge<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>She told the court she regrets what she did. She said she can\u2019t sleep at night because of her guilty conscience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state argued&nbsp;that&nbsp;Maditla&nbsp;had several opportunities to save the children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe let the children die a painful death. There are no factors presented to deviate from the normal minimum sentence of life,\u201d said prosecutor,&nbsp;Ntsika&nbsp;Mpolweni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sentencing will be heard on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week in pictures<\/strong><em>&nbsp;(Provided by MSN)&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG &#8211; Zinhle&nbsp;Maditla&nbsp;faces possible multiple life sentences after pleading guilty to premeditated murder. The woman admitted to&nbsp;feeding her four children rat poison. Maditla\u00a0took the stand for the first time, to ask the court for mercy on Tuesday. 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