# A Western Cape woman was given a 20-year prison sentence for the murder of her three great-grandchildren. Seventy-one-year-old Sarie de Villiers of Wellington admitted she deliberately drove her vehicle off Bainskloof Pass in November 2021. She survived, but eight-year-old Caleb Booysen and his younger brothers, Gradwell and Joshua, were killed. The children had been living in foster care after they were removed from the family home over their parents’ substance abuse. De Villiers told the Worcester Regional Court she was protecting them from a life of suffering.
Western Cape woman given 20-year sentence for killing three great-grandchildren