Child porn family to appear in court

08 October 2012 - 12:48 By Sapa
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Nine people facing charges of sexually assaulting children and making child pornography will appear in the Pretoria North Regional Court on October 18.

The nine accused are a grandfather, 58, grandmother, 57, their two sons from previous relationships, aged 34 and 36, the grandfather's brother, 61, his wife, 42, and their son, who is reportedly mentally disabled.

The 26-year-old wife of one of the sons was also arrested.

The ninth person was a 31-year old woman believed to be the wife of accused number eight.

The family members will not appear on Monday, October 8, as reported earlier.

Eight of the nine family members were arrested in 2010 on an array of charges including raping and sexually assaulting children, sexually grooming children, exposing children to pornography and benefiting from child pornography.

During their last appearance in July the court ruled that no copies may be made of evidence in a child molestation case, Woman and Men Against Child Abuse (WMACA) said.

This meant the defence team in the case had to view some evidence first-hand, and could not get copies of it.

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