IT’S a fear that many parents face when they send their child out on a sleepover with a friend – the dread and anxiety that something bad will happen to them while they’re away.
Careful checking and vetting of the friend’s family often provides peace of mind. But as one Cape Town couple recently discovered, there’s no way to be 100% sure of what dangers lurk in the shadows.
At the age of eight Daniël Jamneck became another horrendous statistic after he was found dead in a bed at his friend’s home in Kraaifontein. He’d been sexually assaulted and strangled, allegedly by his friend’s father, a 47-year-old man who’d been accused of rape in 2005.
The man had been placed on
