The abuse of the elderly in the Indian community is not being reported to the police because the victims are afraid of being humiliated and embarrassed.
This is according to the lawyer representing Devika Rani Seeripat, a 73-year-old woman who was found guilty of murdering her daughter, Ashrika Seeripat, 42.
Her co-accused, Patrick Mkula, 42, who worked as a gardener for the family, was also found guilty of the murder.
At the time of her death in July last year, Ashrika was unemployed but had previously worked as an actress. She was strangled to death at her home in Kadville Heights, Umzinto, in what was made to appear a robbery.
However, in the days thereafter, police arrested her mother, Mkula and their domestic helper, Bongi Mbili, 54. Mbili subsequently…
