Couple accused of human trafficking say they wanted to adopt newborn twins
A Kariega couple accused of trying to buy twin babies from their co-accused claim they had a prior arrangement with the mother and were in the process of legally adopting the newborn girls.
However, the state’s version of how Patrick Chantler, 38, and his wife, Lee-Andra, 32, came into possession of the day-old babies speaks of false addresses, unpaid debts and disagreements with the mother of the infants, who threatened to keep her children and wait for “a better offer”...
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