It's the Victims Fault

I'm aware that I write too much and do not put in enough pictures. So this is just going to be a quick one.

A quote from the High Court Judge Justice Bheki Maphalala, spoken in a ruling in a case of the murder of a university student by her boyfriend.

'Its a shocking fairytale of a man who nurtured, nourished, cherished and invested his hope and resources in a woman for a future paradise. This case will forever remain a lesson not only to Mngometulu [the accused] but to all men like him never to commit the same blunder.'

Apparently it emerged in court that the young women 'strayed, forming relationships with other men and generally disrespecting the accused.' The Comment Column of the Times of Swaziland, Sunday, oh so helpfully summarizes how the Judge was simply being fair in his handling of the case:

'On one hand, he not only castigated the man but gave him a custodial sentence, lenient though it was. On the other, he sent a warning to women to always to the right thing in relationships.' (The of Swaziland SUNDAY, Comment, 'A Fair Judgement,' pg. 18, 8th August 2010.)