Sexual predator sentencing postponed again
Marais has to wait another few weeks to hear his fate
Sexual predator Claude Marais has to wait another few weeks for sentencing after his case was postponed again.
When Marais appeared before Regional Magistrate Delize Smith in the Roodepoort Magistrates’ Court on 5 April, the case was postponed to 28 May because the probation officer’s report was not ready. Sentencing will take place on 7 June.
Marais was found guilty on five of the eight charges against him after he had exposed himself to underage girls in Krugersdorp in April 2013.
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He was arrested after he had offered a then 17-year-old Hoërskool Bastion learner R200 to perform oral sex on him. He was originally charged with nine offences pertaining to the Sexual Offences Amendment Act 32 of 2007.
A further five charges were added in January 2014, which led him to admit to the court that he had “unusual sexual urges”. Although he pleaded not guilty to the 14 charges and some of the victims had withdrawn their cases, he was found guilty on five of the remaining eight charges.
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