Boy beaten to death over bread
2004-03-22 23:07
Pietermaritzburg - A 15-year-old boy, beaten with a knobkerrie for stealing a loaf of bread, died in a Pietermaritzburg hospital on Sunday, police said on Monday.
A man had accused him of stealing bread from a tuck shop in Ashdown on Saturday and had thrashed him with a knobkerrie, said Captain Joshua Gwala.
Police had arrested the man, who would appear in court on Tuesday.
Last week in Katlehong an 11-year-old boy caught stealing mielies was assaulted with a rubber pipe.
- SAPA