A bespectacled Mr P shuffled into the dock of the Wynberg Magistrate's Court for his appearance on sexual assault charges on Thursday.The case against the elderly retired teacher was postponed to May.
A bespectacled Mr P, who is hard of hearing and didn't hear his case being called, shuffled into the dock of the Wynberg Magistrate's Court in Cape Town with the assistance of a crutch and his attorney Ben Mathewson. According to him, the Director of Public Prosecutions should have ensured that the case was investigated before bringing his client to face the allegations in court.There was no medical or forensic evidence to be examined, Mathewson said, with the only outstanding evidence being statements.
In denying Mathewson's request, Bawa said that while the alleged crimes dated back 40 years, the case itself would be only six months old by the next court date.A former pupil laid the charge against Mr P in December, accusing the retired teacher of molesting him between 1984 until his departure from the school in 1987.
Mr P had a short stint at the independent Anglican Church school in Claremont in the 1970s and returned in the 1980s to teach English, History and Geography to the school's Standard 4 class.
TammyPetersen87 This is rediculous.