Court convicts Free State man for 933 sex crimes

19 August 2016 - 11:06 By TMG Digital

The victims of a Free State man who was convicted on Thursday by the Bloemfontein High Court of the rape and sexual assault on minors‚ possession‚ manufacturing and distribution of child pornography included two of his own daughters. In statement‚ the South African Police Service (SAPS) said it “welcomed” the conviction of the man who was part of an international child porn ring.“The 39-year-old man‚ whose full names cannot be disclosed in order to protect the identity of his victims‚ was arrested by a specially assembled team of detectives from the police’s Family Violence‚ Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit in Gauteng‚” it said.“He was first arrested in 2014 after Canadian police managed to trace the IP address of someone sharing sexually explicit images of minors with other overseas-based paedophiles‚ to South Africa.”The SAPS “managed to locate the suspect to an address in the Free State”.“Shocking details of how the suspect abused these minors emerged during the interviewing of the victims‚ two of whom are his own daughters‚” the police statement said.“He was found guilty on 933 charges levelled against him. These include conviction for 37 counts of rape‚ 18 counts of sexual assault‚ 541 counts of possession of child pornography‚ 108 counts of distribution of child pornography and 228 counts of manufacturing of child pornography.”He is to be sentenced in November. ..

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