Human trafficking accused back in court
The magistrate is expected to make his final call on the bail application of the woman accused of trafficking minors for sex work.
A woman and man accused of human trafficking and charges related to selling the sexual services of minor girls on a website made another appearance at the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court on July 4.
The 38-year-old woman from Margate and her 35-year-old male co-accused, who is from Heidelberg, face charges of human trafficking, rape, conspiracy to commit a sexual offence, aiding and abetting another person to commit a sexual offence, sexual grooming of children, sexual exploitation of children and compelling or causing children to witness sexual offences.
The offences involving two minor girls, at the time aged between 13 and 14, reportedly took place between 2022 and 2023.
The woman also faces additional charges of keeping a brothel at a guesthouse in Boksburg and living off the earnings of prostitution.
Her formal bail application could not be concluded at her most recent appearance. The woman remains in custody until the bail application at her next appearance on July 14.
The case against the man, who was granted R20 000 bail on April 24, was postponed to July 28 for further investigation.
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