Child surgeon walks Scot-free

Zelda Venter

THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is still considering its options after paediatric surgeon Professor Peter Beale was acquitted on three charges of murder and two of fraud following the deaths of three children he had operated on. The Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg, found that the State had not proved its case that Beale was guilty of murder, nor could it prove the lesser charges of culpable homicide. Beale, who pleaded not guilty, faced a lengthy trial after he was arrested and charged in 2019. This week, Gauteng NPA spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane said that the prosecuting authority was still studying the judgment and had not yet decided on whether to appeal it. Lawyer Sinen Mnguni, who appeared in the case on behalf of some of the parents, shortly after the judgment…

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