Ndaba v S (A387/2019)
Ndaba v S (A387/2019) [2022] ZAGPPHC 881 (16 November 2022)
The court found that the appellant, by virtue of his position as bishop and benefactor, manipulated and groomed the minor complainant, who was from a vulnerable background. The complainant's acquiescence to sexual acts was not true consent but the result of intimidation, threats, and abuse of authority. The appellant's version that the relationship was consensual was rejected as not reasonably possibly true, and the evidence established that the complainant did not consent in law. The trial court correctly convicted the appellant of rape and imposed the prescribed minimum sentences, as no sub…
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- Rape Of Minor
- Minimum Sentences
- Consent In Sexual Offences
- Grooming And Abuse Of Trust
- Child Protection Register