Mams man guilty of attempted murder after slitting girl’s (8) throat

A 31-year-old man from Mamelodi, accused of slitting an eight-year-old girl’s throat, was found guilty of attempted murder on Tuesday.

Sipho Nkosi was found guilty by the Pretoria magistrate’s court and will return for the pre-sentencing on May 10.

Nkosi cut the throat of his girlfriend’s daughter “execution-style” on April 24, 2022, in Mamelodi, Khutsong extension when he argued with her mother.

Out of jealousy and failing to resolve with the mother, he went to the girl’s grandmother’s house where he took a knife and slit the throat of the little girl before fleeing the scene.

The father said the couple argued outside the family home before the incident happened.

He said the mother told him that following the argument which happened outside the gate, she asked Nkosi to leave. He reportedly refused.

“The mother left the accused outside the grandmother’s house and went to a car wash, this is when the attack happened,” the father said.

Faint, chilling screams of a child shocked the grandmother who found the eight-year-old bleeding before she collapsed.

“I believe that he resorted to slitting my daughter’s throat in retaliation towards the mother,” the father said.

When the returned from the carwash, she saw Nkosi running out of the yard carrying a knife, the father detailed.

“She went inside and found the grandmother holding her daughter bleeding out of her neck.”

The police were called in and the child was rushed to the hospital and transferred to Pretoria east hospital ICU.

Nkosi was arrested in Hammanskraal the following day and was transferred to the Mamelodi police station.

The family of the little girl announced that it’s been a long time and, finally, the trauma will end.

However, Mo Senne from #NotInMyName said they expected a more severe sentence.

“We expect nothing less than a life sentence for this perpetrator who has two previous GBV convictions.”

“We call on the justice system to re-evaluate their processes when it comes to bail and parole, as well as the rehabilitation measures used to assess their fitness to be released back into society.

“Perpetrators of GBV rarely ever offend only once – this is indicative of a fault in the justice system and correctional services,” said Seene.

According to the father, the girl survived the attack and went back to school after undergoing counselling and social work.

He said the whole ordeal is a trauma for his daughter and has left her with a permanent speech impediment.

He added that the Department of Justice should set an example about this man and give him a heftier sentence.

He said he hoped on May 10 the justice system will send a strong message to other people who think of committing similar offences.

The family is being supported by #NotInMyName International, the ANC Women’s League and the Mamelodi Women’s Brigade who protested outside the courtroom.

Almost 100 community members recently signed a petition for the accused to be denied bail.

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