Ex-Rondebosch Boys’ Prep teacher to appear in court for sex crimes

Women and Men against Child Abuse (WMACA) said it is pleased the case against an 83-year-old former Rondebosch Boys’ Preparatory School teacher who sexually abused a pupil is moving forward.

He is expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrates Court in Cape Town on Friday on charges of sexual assault.

The WMACA said the man, who is only identified in South Africa as “Mr W”, is facing extradition for similar charges.

Trial

“The retired teacher is still living in an upmarket retirement community in South Africa, four years after a raft of allegations of brutal physical and sexual abuse against him were made public,” said WMACA spokesperson Miranda Jordan.

She said they were looking forward to the trial starting.

“Mr W is a brutal, sadistic man who abused scores of young boys between the ages of 9 and 11 … he’s one of the most prolific serial sex offenders we know of,” she said.

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Positive outcome

Jordan has commended the prosecuting authority and the police for the speedy investigation and the seriousness with which they have been treating the case.

“We look forward to a positive outcome for the many victims who have carried the effects of the abuse into their fifties and sixties. But we know the defence will try to drag it out for as long as they can,” Jordan said.

A former pupil at Rondebosch Boys’ Preparatory School accused Mr W of abusing him in 1988 while he was a teacher there.

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