COURTNEY’S MOM IS A BROKEN WOMAN
in Courtney’s death are in the dark, her dad and I are also in the dark. We also have questions. I will feel so much better if the community could just leave me in peace. I don’t owe anyone anything,” she said.
“It’s not for the community to cast judgement. The law needs to take its course. But now some community members want to threaten violence against me. I also have to wait,” Pieters added.
There have also been rumours that Courtney told he r mother about “itchy” or “sore” private parts. Pieters says this is completely untrue. “Courtney never complained to me about anything. She never said any body parts were hurting or anything like that. She never complained her ‘cookie’ was sore.”
On the question of Saunders’ behaviour during the search for Courtney, Pieters replied: “I can’t think that anything could have been wrong with Mortimer. Because his reaction around the home was pretty normal. I am shocked. Residents in the area, people who knew him, his friends, no one can believe it is him.”
The case against Saunders has been postponed until August 24 for further investigation.
Pieters says the entire ordeal has been overwhelming. “I am exhausted. I am not sleeping properly. Every day someone visits the house and every day I have to repeat the same story. I’ve got a headache every day.
“We really miss Courtney. I cry every morning. I cry every evening before I go to sleep, because she lay in my arms every night. When I wake up in the middle of the night then I cannot s l ee p a g ai n. I think about her (Courtney) all the time.
“Her dad feels just as hear tbroken. Just this week he said ‘ now who is going to ask me, daddy I want to watch cartoons’?”
Pieters is slowly trying to pick up the pieces, and she says the reality of Courtney’s death hasn’t yet sunk in for her six-year-old son, Adrian. “The other day he asked: ‘Mummy, when are we going to fetch Courtney?’ So I told him, Courtney is not coming back, she is with Jesus. Then he asked me if Courtney is going to stay there. So I said yes.”
Pieters admits Courtney was “the apple of my eye. She got more attention.
“I’ll never recover from the loss of Courtney.
“It feels like I have lost a part of myself. I miss her every hour and every moment in this house,” she said.