24 YEARS NOT ENOUGH FOR CHILD RAPIST

PETISION TO BE HANDED TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

As a parent I am struggling to come to terms with the brutal and premeditated sexual abuse of my son. My pressing concern is the sentence handed out to the abuser Rudolph Coetzee is way too lenient for the hideous crime he committed.

The degree of torture, brutality, meted to my son during the time of the abuse that he suffered at the hands of this monster is nothing short of sewage, callous and inhuman. The revelation by my son during the court case makes living another day unbearable for me and my family.

The nature and circumstances of the offence have induced a serious outrage and fear in the whole community as well.

We, the family of an innocent 8 year old boy pray that you will consider our plea and assist in keeping this monster behind bars for the rest of his life.

We, the undersigned call on the Minister of Justice and Correctional Service to ensure that this monster Rudolph Coetzee is kept in prison until the day he dies in jail.

This monster pleaded guilty to five (5) charges of rape, twenty-two (22) charges of using children in the production of child pornography, sixteen (16) charges of sexual assault and two (2) charges of attempted rape.

Coetzee penetrated a boy anally with his finger (rape), the boy penetrating Coetzee’s mouth with his (the child’s) penis (rape), penetrating a boy’s mouth with his (Coetzee’s) penis (rape), virginally penetrated a girl (rape), and placed his penis between the buttocks of a boy (rape). Four boys were involved in the sexual assault charges, and one boy was involved in the two (2) attempted rape charges.

He showed no remorse what so ever and the reality is that people like him is not rehablitatable and will most definitely come for his accusers once released prematurely.

Our plea is that he must remain behind bars for his whole natural life. We are aware that his mother has filed a request for mitigation of sentence. Our request is therefor also that such a request must not be granted.

We the undersigned citizens of the Northern Cape hereby petition the department of Justice and Correctional Services not to grant Rudolph Coetzee any reduction on the 24 years sentence; instead we are pleading for revision of the sentence and impose a much harsher sentence of life sentence for every abuse case of seven (7) children affected.