'Regressive’ 2021 rape acquittal can't be allowed to stand: Women's Legal Centre

JOHANNESBURG - The Women’s Legal Centre said a controversial 2021 judgment acquitting a paramedic of raping his girlfriend couldn’t be allowed to stand, describing it as “a regression of the country’s fight against gender-based violence”.

However, in 2021, the High Court overturned his conviction on appeal, finding the State didn't prove beyond reasonable doubt that he “acted intentionally knowing that there was no consent”.The National Prosecuting Authority was now appealing the ruling, which sparked a massive public outcry and the Women’s Legal Centre was admitted as a friend of the court.

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