Gory details of how a helpless elderly Eastern Cape woman accused of witchcraft was assaulted, dragged into a burning rondavel, then chased by her killers after trying to escape before she was caught and placed into a drum, were laid bare in court during the sentencing of the culprits on Thursday.
The Eastern Cape High Court, sitting in Sterkspruit, has sentenced four men convicted of killing a 92-year-old woman they accused of practising witchcraft to an effective 17 years behind bars.