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| SA woman hired gang to kill baby | SA woman hired gang to kill baby |
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| A South African court has convicted a woman of hiring a gang to kill the six-month-old daughter of her lover. | A South African court has convicted a woman of hiring a gang to kill the six-month-old daughter of her lover. |
| Dina Rodrigues paid four men, all of whom were also convicted of murder and robbery, a total of $1,500 to murder Jordan-Leigh Norton in 2005. | Dina Rodrigues paid four men, all of whom were also convicted of murder and robbery, a total of $1,500 to murder Jordan-Leigh Norton in 2005. |
| The men posed as delivery men to gain entry into the Cape Town home. The baby died of a stab wound to the neck. | The men posed as delivery men to gain entry into the Cape Town home. The baby died of a stab wound to the neck. |
| It is the first case of its kind in South Africa where an estimated 1,000 children are killed every year. | It is the first case of its kind in South Africa where an estimated 1,000 children are killed every year. |
| There was applause when Judge Basheer Waglay read out the guilty verdicts in a packed courtroom in Cape Town. | |
| He said that Ms Rodrigues had been motivated by jealousy to kill her lover's child from a previous relationship. | |
| The BBC's Mohammed Allie in Cape Town says many of the people in court were wearing pink to show their support for the family of the murdered child. | |
| Ms Rodrigues' lawyer had argued that it had been an attempted kidnapping gone wrong. | Ms Rodrigues' lawyer had argued that it had been an attempted kidnapping gone wrong. |
| Our correspondent says that Ms Rodrigues did not give evidence herself. | |
| "We are glad for the decision," the baby's grandfather Vernon Norton told the Sapa news agency. | "We are glad for the decision," the baby's grandfather Vernon Norton told the Sapa news agency. |
| He added that the family hoped Ms Rodrigues would get life in prison in June when sentencing is due. | He added that the family hoped Ms Rodrigues would get life in prison in June when sentencing is due. |