CAPE TOWN - A Cape Town mother is facing jail time for preventing her ex from seeing his child.
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She's been sentenced to 12 months for going against a previous court order, granting the father access to the child.
The frustrated father turned to the High Court in Pretoria after the mother defied the court order for three years.
Legal expert William Booth spoke to eNCA about this.
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