South African Mother Charged With Murder Over Death of Newborn

Crowds gathered outside the Mitchells Plain Magistrate's Court chanting conflicting messages of support and condemnation for 32-year-old Dalene Petersen who faces a charge of murder after she allegedly strangled her newborn son under a mattress.

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