'This is not a tragic rape story': author Deon Wiggett on new book
Deon Wiggett was the target of a paedophile and has written a gripping book about tracking down the man charged with raping him. Claire Keeton interviewed the author to find out how he exposed the accused predator and his manipulations
11 October 2020 - 00:00
Early in 2019, Deon Wiggett sat down in his loft with a pile of index cards to begin hunting paedophile accused Willem Breytenbach. By December, his efforts had culminated in the “bullfrog” being arrested and charged with seven counts of sexual assault/ indecent assault...
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