Child rights group disappointed by new postposition of abuse case against ex-teacher

Child rights group Women and Men Against Child Abuse reported that it was not happy about the postposition of the case against a former teacher accused of child abuse.

A case involving an 83-year-old man only known as Mr. "W" was continued until June 6 in order to conduct additional research. Mr. "W" made his second court appearance on Thursday.

Former Rondebosch Boys' Preparatory student known as Stephen has accused Mr. "W" of assaulting him in 1988 while he was a teacher there.

Miranda Jordan, the founding director of WMACA, expressed fear that the postponement might also delay his extradition to the UK.

"We simply do not want this kind of a horrific pedophile to carry on living as a free man in our country South Africa, in his retirement home in Cape Town. He needs to go and answer and be held accountable for the crimes that he has committed, that have had long-lasting effects on boys between the ages of eight and twelve” added the founding director of WMACA, Miranda Jordan.

 

Done by: Alungile Njemla