AfriForum’s private prosecution unit is acting on behalf of the mother and child in the gender-based violence case which dates from 2018 when the mother opened a case of assault against her husband.years of physical and emotional abuse had taken its toll on the woman and her daughter” and her attorney told the prosecutor at the time that they were emotionally unfit to testify. The case was withdrawn.
However, the woman subsequently met the lobby group’s private prosecution unit after the release of video footage last year depictingin Pretoria and has agreed to proceed with the case. The surveillance footage will form part of the evidence against the man who appeared in the Bellville magistrate’s court on Tuesday.
It depicts a man, woman and child in bed. The man gets up and appears to assault the woman as the child tries to intervene. The woman is dragged off the bed by her hair and held down on the floor.Barry Bateman, the unit’s spokesperson, thanked the National Prosecuting Authority for placing the case back on the roll.“We appeal to victims of gender-based violence to speak out and seek support.
This 'ANIMAL' and business man that beat his wife up in bed with the daughter present should be jailed immediately and must not be given parole. Show this thread.
DA business man is in court today for assaulting his wife
How was he allowed bail after seeing that?
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