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May court date for former acting judge accused of sexually assaulting advocate

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AfriForum’s private prosecution unit got involved in the matter when the NPA initially decided not to prosecute. The alleged victim is a female advocate and member of the Johannesburg Bar,

In February this year, the DPP’s office wrote to AfriForum’s private prosecution unit indicating that it would prosecute the accused.

“However, after the private prosecution unit brought it to the attention of the LPC that the accused was being prosecuted, the LPC, almost as an afterthought, decided to institute disciplinary proceedings against the former acting judge,” AfriForum said. The accused also, after the complainant laid the charges against him, opened a case of crimen injuria against her.Phyllis Vorster, the prosecutor at AfriForum’s private prosecution unit, said the complainant in the matter had said that she had been advised by her colleagues to withdraw the matter as her actions could “amount to career suicide”.

 

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