A foreign national accused of killing his two-day-old baby girl has abandoned a bail bid, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Wednesday.
Alexadra Forba (34) did not appear in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court as scheduled for his bail application, said NPA spokesperson Velekhaya Mgobhozi.
“The matter was postponed to 13 April and will be investigated further.”
Forba was arrested on 8 February. Apparently, Forba and his partner had an argument when he grabbed the infant by the feet and hit his partner with the baby. This happened at the Nicolas Heights Flats in Pretoria West.
Best Care Ambulance spokesperson Xander Loubser said the mother of the child had a scrape wound to her head and was traumatised. He said according to the mother, the father had been intoxicated when a fight ensued after he asked her if she was sure the child was his.
The baby was taken to Kalafong hospital where she died.
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