Cape Town – A Heideveld mother is left devastated after the taxi driver, who pleaded guilty to killing her son while he was out jogging, was only sentenced to three years in prison.
The young athlete, who was his family’s breadwinner, died tragically on 9 February when a taxi veered into the emergency lane and ploughed into him along Robert Sobukwe Drive. Mom Ramona Kettledas, 40, says on Monday, she arrived at court where she was told he had pleaded guilty.Jog in his memory: Slain young runner’s 21st birthday celebrated by his friends, family
“They asked me to write a statement about how I feel and I did so. The magistrate said we must come back the next day so that he could consider the matter and on Tuesday he was sentenced to just three years.The mourning mother says since her son’s death, the family had fallen on hard times as Xavier, who worked at a container depot, helped care for his seven-year-old brother.
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