Woman who called another 'K-word bitch' sentenced to six months jail time

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Johannesburg - A 41-year-old woman has been sentenced to six months behind bars for calling a black woman "K-word bitch". According to Business Day, the incident happened at the Birch Acres Pick n Pay in Kempton Park on October 25 2016 where both women were shopping with their daughters. The woman, Marie Basson had been sentenced by the lower courts for crimen injuria but she appeal the sentence at the South Gauteng High Court. However, the courts rejected her appeal and upeheld. According to Nomsa Masuku, Basson was standing at a till with her three-year-old daughter. Masuku, who was with her 13-year-old daughter, said she had asked Basson's daughter if she could pass her to get to the kiosk. However, Basson then claimed that Masuku had bumped her and her daughter while trying to pass them.

Masuku testified that Barnard then turned and said: “Where the hell do you think you will pass?" and that she responded by apologising and saying she would only try to walk through if there was a space.

In court, Barnard said she had asked Masuku to apologise to her daughter for bumping her but she did not.

However, a cashier who witnessed part of the altercation testified in court that she had heard Masuku apologising.

Masuku said Barnard had responded to her apology with the words "You are a k****r bitch, a k****r bitch with a big fat ass. You should go to a gym.

She also said she was crying and felt embarrassed because everyone was looking at her.

However, it was Barnard’s refusal to admit to and apologise for using the K-word, which she insists she never said, that seemingly motivated the Johannesburg High Court to dismiss her appeal.

The Star