Foto/ Rrëmben foshnjën, zbulohet pas 18 vitesh

Elton Tafaruci

E kanë pagëzuar si Madeline McCann e Afrikës së Jugut. E rrëmbyer kur ishte vetëm 3 ditëshe në maternitet nga një grua e veshur si infermiere, e rriti për 18 vite, duke i lënë të besonte se ishte nëna e saj biologjike. Tani, gruaja është arrestuar dhe dënuar me 10 vite burg. Ndërsa vajza më në fund mësoi të vërtetën.

Një histori e pabesueshme jo vetëm për mediat afrikanojugore. Gjithçka ndodhi më prillin e vitit 1997 në maternitetin e Kejp Taunit. Një grua lind një vajzë, të quajtur Zephany. Tri ditë më vonë vajza zhduket. Ndërsa nëna flinte, dikush e rrëmbeu.

Prej atëherë kërkimet për çiftin Celeste dhe Morne Nourse zgjatën për 18 vite me radhë. Apele në rrjete sociale dhe në gazeta dhe çdo vit i festonin datëlindjen sikur vajza të ishte mes tyre. Nuk u dorëzuan kurrë prindërit dhe pas 18 vitesh mësuan të vërtetën.

Gruaja e veshur si infermiere, identiteti i së cilës nuk bëhet me dije, e rriti vajzën duke i thënë se ajo ishte nëna e saj e vërtetë, ndërkohë që burrin e kishte gënjyer se një grua e quajtur Sylvia, që kishte takuar në stacionin e trenit në Kejp Taun, i kishte besuar fëmijën.

Zephany's biological parents, Morne and Celeste Nurse, embraced each other after the woman who kidnapped their daughter was jailed for 10 years today 

The biological father of Zephany Nurse Morne Nurse (pictured) spoke today after his daughter's kidnapper was jailed

Celeste was photographed leaving the high court in Cape Town today, when a 51-year-old was jailed for kidnapping her daughter 

Zephany, pictured as a baby, was stolen from Groote Schuur hospital in Cape Town, in April 1997

Convicted: The 51-year-old defendant is pictured arriving in court in Cape Town today where she would be found guilty of kidnapping Zephany Nurse, known as South Africa's Madeleine McCann

Mr Nurse (pictured in the middle) was surrounded by friends and family who attended the hearing in Cape Town today

Celeste Nurse left the Cape Town High court today after attending the sentencing of the woman who was been convicted of kidnapping her daughter

Guilty: The woman said she had unexpectedly been handed a newborn at a busy  train station by a mystery middle-woman working for ‘Sylvia’. Her claim was dismissed by the judge as ‘a fairytale’ and ‘astonishing'

Celeste Nurse, the biological mother of Zephany Nurse, embraced a family member after the sentencing hearing on Monday

Zephra Nurse, Zephany's grandmother, was pictured leaving the court in Cape Town, South Africa, in March

The Nurse family  celebrated Zephany's birthday each year in her absence, in the hope that one day she might return to them

One of the 17 birthday cakes made for the Nurse family's beloved daughter, featuring her picture

The family worked hard to make sure people don't forget about their missing daughter over the years, including a big appeal in 2010 in the local newspaper the Cape Argus, but no one ever came forward

Zephany - pictured here as a baby with a family member - grew up just a few streets away from her biological parents in Lavender Hill, a poor suburb of Cape Town

The family only have a few photos of Zephany taken before she was snatched. She is pictured here with her uncle Abraham Nurse in Hospital on April 29, 1997

 

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