EDITORIAL | Our legal system is too soft on sex offenders
The lack of remorse shown by many sexual offenders and predators indicates that bringing them to book is not enough
25 January 2023 - 22:22
As the trial against Gerhard Ackerman, an alleged child sex-ring kingpin, takes shape in the Johannesburg high court this week, it potentially brings about an end to a scarring chapter for scores of young boys who fell victim to him. The court heard this week how he allegedly groomed the boys — most of whom came from dysfunctional families — for the pleasure of men who were willing pay money for sexual encounters with children. ..
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