Childminder Mannana Tsabane, has been found guilty of murdering a Daveyton toddler in her care and defeating the ends of justice.

The nanny had been looking after the child since he was two-months-old, and mostly stayed alone with him while everyone was at work. The boy was later found dead in the family’s storeroom.

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Judge Herman Broodryk has found that strangled Langelihle Mnguni to death in October last year. He says Tsabane lied to the court about being attacked by home invaders.

While the motive for killing the child remains unknown, Tsabane has been sentenced in the Benoni magistrate’s court to 25 years in jail.

Tsabane will serve the sentences concurrently.