JOHANNESBURG - Amantle Samane's family is demanding three life sentences for the little girl's murderer.
That's as Phethe Simiao's sentencing proceedings get underway at the High Court in Johannesburg.
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The 25-year-old confessed to raping, kidnapping, and killing the Soweto girl.
The 6-year-old disappeared from her Orlando West home in October.
Her body was later discovered in Simiao’s home.