The Western Cape High Court on Thursday sentenced Ryan Kyle Smith to life imprisonment following his conviction for the murder of his former girlfriend and their daughter in 2020.
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failed to give
days before their murders,
has found them to be unfounded.
The Public Protector investigated the claim following a request by Justice and Constitutional Development Deputy Minister John Jeffery.
It has now dedicated a systemic investigation into the challenges that plague the justice value chain to fight gender-based violence, in honour of Altecia and Raynecia Kortje.
Allegations that the Bellville Magistrate’s Court, days before the murder of a Cape Town mom and her daughter, turned away the woman seeking a Protection Order, have been found to be without merit following an investigation by the Public Protector.
The killing of Altecia Kortje and her seven-year-old daughter Raynecia in Belhar last year has, however, seen the Public Protector’s office dedicate one of its key projects for the year in their honour – a systemic investigation into the challenges that plague the justice value chain to fight gender-based violence.