PRETORIA – The Lowveld community expressed outrage after Carl Christiaan Lotter was found guilty on eight counts of indecent and sexual abuse of the two children of a family friend, but only received a suspended sentence. This was despite the fact that Lotter had a previous conviction of sexual child abuse.
Specialist prosecutor Ms Isabet Erwee lodged an urgent appeal against what many called an inappropriate sentence. The appeal was moved to the Pretoria High Court where two judges on Monday replaced Lotter’s suspended sentence.
Read the full story on Lowvelder of Tuesday, February 4.
Read the last article here and other earlier articles regarding the state’s appeal and the original sentence.
The full article will be published online in the course of the week.
