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About Sasha-Leigh Crook
Sasha-Leigh Crook (1994 - 2003)
Brief overview:
Sasha-Leigh (8), was found dead on an open piece of ground at Pelican Park on the Cape Flats by a security guard on 10th July 2003. She had been kidnapped, beaten, her throat had been slit, and possibly raped.
Brief Biography:
- Other Victims/Family
- Funeral/Memorial
- The Street/Suburb
- The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
Attack Details:
- Date and time of attack
- Weapons
- Items Stolen
- Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
- Torture, Gratuitous violence
- Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.
Perpetrator details:
- Number and Descriptions
- Arrests
- Moegamat Yusuf Isaacs (26), was arrested, charged for Sasha-Leigh's murder and appeared in the Cape High Court.
- Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
- Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
- Trial/Conviction
- Dr Denise Lourens, the forensic pathologist on the case, testified that she died of a stab wound that sliced through her carotid artery.
- An extract from the court hearing, as testified by Dr Lourens - "Bruises to the back of Sasha-Leigh's scalp and bleeding under the lining of the brain showed "blunt force" had been applied to the child's head. She could have been kicked, hit with a brick or cricket bat, or had her head smashed against a wall. The index of suspicion for throttling/strangulation is very high, but due to the animal activity, all the potential evidence has been lost. Sasha-Leigh had been alive when the head bruising and apparent throttling took place."
- At the end of August 2005, Isaacs appeared in the Cape High Court before Acting Judge Tandiswa Ndita, who handed down a life sentence. The judge found Isaacs not guilty on the charge of rape.
- At the end of May 2010, Isaacs appealed against the conviction. It was dismissed in the Supreme Court of Appeal by Judge Mohammed Navsa.
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Sasha-Leigh Crook's Timeline
| 1994 |
July 20, 1994
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| 2003 |
July 10, 2003
Age 8
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Cape Flats, Cape Town, Cape Town, WC, South Africa
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