Kempton Park woman loses appeal in crimen injuria case
Marie Basson is headed to jail for six months for impairing the dignity of a Pick n Pay cashier in Birch Acres
27 February 2020 - 21:23
UPDATED 28 February 2020 - 21:34
Four years ago, a mother-of-three was accused of calling a black woman a “k-word bitch” and saying she had a “fat ass” and should go to the gym in an altercation at a supermarket.
Now Marie Basson is headed to jail, after failing in her bid to appeal her six-month jail term for crimen injuria, the crime of unlawfully and intentionally injuring, insulting or impairing the dignity of another person...
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