A 45-year-old North West man has been sentenced to 22 years' direct imprisonment after he was convicted of attempting to murder his 10-month-old son and severely assaulting the child's 69-year-old grandmother during a violent domestic dispute in Tlokweng Village near Madikwe.

A 45-year-old North West man has been sentenced to 22 years' direct imprisonment after he was convicted of attempting to murder his 10-month-old son and severely assaulting the…

Although the infant escaped without suffering fractures, authorities said the act placed the child's life in serious danger.