Manchester United fans couldn't hide their excitement after rising star Hannibal Mejbri produced another stellar performance for the Under-23s on Friday.
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The young gay man who was raped by three men in Ceres in the Western Cape is forced to endure another wait as the sentencing of his assailants is delayed again.
Rodney Beukes, Austin Fritz and Peter John Adams, reputed to be members of the feared Ford Boys Gang, were found guilty by the Ceres Magistrates Court in October last year of kidnapping and raping the unnamed man.
Said to be one of the few successful prosecutions of male rape, the incident took place as far back as 2017. The survivor, who was 23 when he was raped, testified that he believes that he was targeted because he is gay.
Following an earlier delay, the sentence was set to have been handed down on Monday but was once again delayed.
According to Sharon Cox from Triangle Project – which has monitored the trial and provided support to the victim – the magistrate could not proceed with the sentencing because a previously unknown and serious conviction against Fritz when he was a minor had since come to light.
“When he was a juvenile he did commit a crime, and he was sentenced as a juvenile; which is why it didn’t show up at first. And he was sent to a juvenile detention centre at the time,” said Cox.
On Monday, the magistrate ordered that all the original documentation concerning the earlier crime and Fritz’s release and parole conditions must be submitted to the court. The new information could result in a harsher sentence for the rapist.
“The victim is kept updated on every hearing,” said Cox. “He naturally is frustrated that the sentencing has not happened but at the same time fully understands why and he would rather wait for the information to be placed before the court so that justice is served properly.”
She, however, condemned Fritz for not having
Manchester United fans couldn't hide their excitement after rising star Hannibal Mejbri produced another stellar performance for the Under-23s on Friday.
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