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Tooth fairy causes grave offence PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Sunday, 15 April 2007
A South African man desperate for a visit from the spirit of his dead mother was convicted by a court on Monday of violating her grave by extracting teeth from her skull. Albert Kgwatisi, 30, was ordered to pay a R3 000 fine or serve a 12-month prison sentence by the court in the North West after hearing how he had removed the skull from the graveyard and then returned it in the company of his 12-year-old nephew.

According to the Sapa, Kgwatisi told police at the time of his arrest in March that he had removed two of the teeth because he wanted the spirit of his mother, who died five years ago to visit him.

By removing the teeth the man apparently believed his mother would come looking for them, giving him a chance to see her. He was caught while trying to return the skull to the graveyard.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=nw20070416222808802C816438
 
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