Durban - A NORTH Coast school transport driver, convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage pupil while taking her home, pleaded for leniency, through his attorney, on the basis that he “could have done worse”. The attorney repeatedly argued during mitigation of sentence that the accused, Roy Roopram, 54, had the opportunity to harm the victim but did not.
He said he wanted to take her to Suncoast to see a movie. Scared that he might harm her, she remained quiet. During mitigation of sentence it emerged that Roopram had since left the school transport business and was unemployed. He had no previous convictions. Sewnarayan said sexual offences were prevalent in South Africa and emphasised the 40-year age gap between the accused and the victim. She said the girl was young enough to be his granddaughter.
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