Cape TOon - The family of murdered infant Jordan Leigh Norton are backing a social media campaign created to try to keep two of the hitmen hired by Dina Rodrigues to kill the baby behind bars.
Jordan was murdered a decade ago when she was six months old in one of the most sensational contract killings in South Africa.
Two of the five people found guilty of her murder, Zanethemba Gwada and Bonginkosi Sigenu, applied for parole and the Norton family said this matter would be heard in a Paarl court next month, almost 10 years to the day after Jordan was killed.
Jordan’s grandfather, Vernon Norton, on Friday told Weekend Argus the family were against the duo being released early. “There’s no second chance for Jordan. The courts and prisons need to send out a very strong message that (serious crimes) are not to be tolerated.”
On Friday a Facebook page entitled “Baby Jordan Leigh Norton”, was created by a friend of Jordan’s mother Natasha Norton and on it a post asked the public to e-mail [email protected], detailing why they felt Gwada and Sigenu should not be set free.
“The Norton family will present a file in court, filled with comments, feelings and testimonies, on why they believe the two accused should remain behind bars. We would like to ask anyone and everyone to please submit an e-mail on why you believe parole should be denied,” the post said.
A post on the page said Gwada and Sigenu had served portions of their 15-year sentences, but deserved to stay jailed “for the eternal heartache they have caused not only the Norton family, but others affected by this heinous crime”.
On Friday Norton said a friend of his daughter had seen what the family was going through and had decided to go ahead with the Facebook campaign.
Jordan was stabbed in the neck in her family’s Lansdowne home on June 15, 2005.
Weekend Argus