Parents jailed for pimping teenage daughter

The mother and father who were charged last week with prostituting their 14-year-old daughter, pleaded guilty in the Kimberley magistrate's court last Friday, and will spend the next five years in prison.

The magistrate hearing the case said he had no words to describe the actions the convicted couple had taken.

"I am shocked. I cannot believe that parents could do such a thing to their child," he said as he sentenced the couple to an effective five-year sentence with an additional two-year suspended sentence.

The daughter, now 16 and pregnant, and her 10-year-old brother are being housed at a local childrens' home.

The department of social services and population development reacted to the case on Monday by applauding the sentences handed down to the parents.
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