Nanny who kidnapped a child sentenced to 20 years in prison

After weeks on the run and eventually pleading guilty, a Mozambican woman who kidnapped a Mdantsane child was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. 

Sindisiwe Cresentia Alberto Ntsokana, 32, appeared in the Mdantsane Regional Court where she was sentenced today.

Ntsokana kidnapped Perfect Gift Msesiwe from her home on August 3 after she was hired to look after the child.  She then fled with the child and demanded R500 000 from the family.

The girl was found in Mozambique on September 7 after Ntsokana was arrest on September 4 and interrogated over that weekend.

In her plea explanation, she admitted that her actions were unlawful.  She said she took the child with her to Mozambique and asked her aunt to look after the child, saying it was her boyfriend's child.

She further admitted to "intentionally inducing, threatened to pressure and inspired fear in the mother of the child," she told the court.

She was sentenced to three months imprisonment for entering the country without valid documentation, five years for extortion and 15 years for kidnapping.  The sentences do not run concurrently.