David Ockhuys allegedly stabbed his own baby with a knife after his estranged wife sent police to fetch the child from him.
43-year-old David Ockhuys was hospitalized and will appear in court as soon as he is discharged. Ockhuys is a well-known local politician who previously worked in the office of the Northern Cape Prime Minister. In 2016 he stood in the municipal elections for the Khoisan Revolution, but joined the ANC this year.
43-year-old David Ockhuys was hospitalized and will appear in court as soon as he is discharged. Ockhuys is a well-known local politician who previously worked in the office of the Northern Cape Prime Minister. In 2016 he stood in the municipal elections for the Khoisan Revolution, but joined the ANC this year.
His estranged wife, Andrietta Ockhuys, 29, is a former Matie and social worker at the South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction.
The court previously placed the couple’s two children – an eight-month-old boy, and a two-year-old toddler – in her care.
According to Rapport David came to pick up the children from their mother on Wednesday and took them to his home. After trying in vain to persuade him to return the children, Andrietta called the police, who then went to his home in Ras Street in Loeriesfontein with an interdict. He still did not want to give the children away and went to the toilet with them. There, he apparently stabbed the baby with a knife. He then tried to harm the older child, after which he tried to kill himself by cutting his wrists.
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