PTA man in court for using baby as weapon

The man ripped the child from the woman’s back and smashed her against her mother.

PRETORIA - A Pretoria man has appeared in the Pretoria Prison Court on charges of murder, after he allegedly used a newborn baby as a club to assault his girlfriend.

Police arrested the 32-year-old Cameroonian man on Sunday night near the Rebecca Street flat he shared with his girlfriend and daughter.

The child was declared dead on arrival at the Kalafong Hospital.

Alexander Forba stared blankly at the magistrate as his alleged crime was read into the record.

Prosecutor Sipho Letsoalo said Forba and his girlfriend got into a fight on Sunday night.

He said the woman and her newborn baby fled the flat to a nearby petrol station.

Letsoalo alleged that Forba ripped the child from the woman's back, grabbing the baby girl by her feet, and smashed her against the woman.

The prosecutor said the accused then dropped the baby on the floor and continued to attack his girlfriend until witnesses intervened.

The case has been postponed for a week for further investigation.