Mom will spend five years in prison for fake kidnapping

[caption id="attachment_236206" align="aligncenter" width="630"] The KwaZulu-Natal woman who faked her baby's kidnapping has been sentence to five years in prison
Picture: Jackie Clausen[/caption]

The KwaZulu-Natal mother who orchestrated the fake abduction of her baby in March last year has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.

Her sentence was handed down by Regional Court magistrate Anand Maharaj on Wednesday.

She had pled guilty to charges of defeating the ends of justice and fraud.

Her leave to appeal was refused and she was taken into custody.

- TimesLIVE

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