Africa-Press – South-Africa. In a bail application, the Boeremag member accused of raping and sexually assaulting two teenagers argued that the State’s case was open to some doubt.
The accused, who cannot be named until he pleads to the charges, appeared in the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrate’s Court on Monday for the continuation of his bail application.
The man was arrested earlier in August and charged with one count of rape and four counts of sexual assault.
The crimes were allegedly committed in Kleinfontein, an Afrikaner enclave in Pretoria, while he was out on parole for the Boeremag case.
It appears that both teenagers, aged 16 and 19 years-old, worked for the man and were also members of a survival-type camp he ran.
Summing up the accused’s case for bail, his advocate, Francois Kriel, said:
News24 previously reported that the man denied sexually assaulting the 16-year-old, who did admin work for him, and claimed his sexual interactions with the 19-year-old woman were consensual.
He also conceded to telling the minor that he had thought about what it would be like to kiss her.
The State vehemently opposed bail and led the evidence of the investigating officer, Sergeant Salamina Mmahobo.
Mmahobo testified that the woman’s version differed completely.
She alleged the man grabbed her, pulled her towards him and that she could not move away. He then lifted, moved her panty away, and raped her with his finger.
Boeremag
News24 reported that the man was one of the 20 Boeremag members convicted and sentenced between 2012 and 2013 for treason and other crimes by the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.
The right-wing terrorist group wanted to overthrow the government in 2002 and had plans to assassinate former president Nelson Mandela.
The group was responsible for a series of bomb attacks in Soweto, which claimed the life of Claudia Mokone.
She was killed when a piece of steel, dislodged by a bomb the Boeremag planted on a railway, landed in her shack.
In addition to treason, he was also sentenced for manslaughter and attempted murder.
After serving around 20 years in prison, he was paroled in May 2022.
The bail application continues.
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