The Western Cape High Court has found self-confessed child killer, Mortimer Saunders, guilty of the rape and premeditated murder of Elsies River three-year-old Courtney Pieters.

Saunders was arrested nine days after the toddler went missing in May 2017. Her body later found in a shallow grave in Epping Industria.

Saunders confessed to killing Pieters by feeding her ant poison. He also confessed to raping her after her demise.

More details to follow.