Why Echo Wild camp commander got severe sentence

17 April 2015 - 12:27
By Roxanne Henderson

Alex de Koker has received a longer sentence than the required minimum for the murder of his teenage charge in order to teach child abusers a lesson. Sentencing De Koker on Thursday in the Vereeniging Regional Court‚ magistrate Retha Willemse said: “This sentence must send a message that this [abuse] towards children will not be tolerated.

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