Woman sets her 13-year-old niece ablaze for allegedly stealing money

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October 27, 2017 10:33 AM

Anna Mahlangus explanation was that she poured paraffin on her niece and set fire to her with the intention to quench it quickly, just to scare the little girl from stealing again. The little girl died a few days later at the hospital.

A 13-years-old girl, Nelly Masangu lost her life after her aunt pored paraffin on her and

According to buzzsouthafrica.com, Nelly Masangu was rushed to a hospital but died a few days later from the third-degree burn wounds she sustained.

When her aunt, Anna Mahlangu appeared before the Pretoria High Court for the first time to answer to a murder charge, she pleaded not guilty, saying she never planned to kill her niece.

Anna Mahlangu’s explanation to the court was that she only wanted to teach her niece a lesson for stealing her money.

She said she has been traumatized by the death of her niece since her initial plan was only to scare Nelly Masangu from stealing again.

“I decided to pour paraffin over her and to pretend that I was going to burn her. I believed that she would never burn because I was going to put out the fire myself.

“Unfortunately, she slipped out of my hands and ran away. As she ran further away, the flames became even more. I and other tenants poured water at her in an effort to put out the fire. The fire was eventually put out but unfortunately, she had suffered burns.

“I never intended to burn her as I loved her. I had high hopes for her to one day make something of herself,” she claimed.

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