Yolande Maritz Fouchee has been sentenced to 23 years for negligence leading to infant deaths and disabilities.
A Pretoria East midwife, Yolande Maritz Fouchee, has been sentenced to an effective 23 years in prison following a lengthy trial that revealed her negligent practices led to the tragic deaths and disabilities of several infants.
Clutching a toy bear containing her infant son’s ashes, a mother cried bitterly as Fouchee was sentenced on Thursday.
Alysia von Kloeg, whose son Noah was born in April 2019 at Fouchee’s You&Me birthing centre and later died at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital, after the sentencing said she had tears of joy and relief.
It was an emotional moment in the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, as Judge Papi Mosopa delivered his judgment, with several people in the public gallery clapping their hands as he delivered his verdict.
