
Dros rape
Court denies Nicholas Ninow leave to appeal rape conviction
Judge Mokhine Mosopa on Tuesday dismissed convicted rapist Nicholas Ninow's application for leave to appeal his sentence. Ninow approached the High Court in...
Ninow approached the High Court in Pretoria to apply for leave to appeal after he was handed a life term for rape, defeating the ends of justice and possession of drugs last year.
Ninow said he didn’t know what was going through his mind when he violated the little girl. He blamed alcohol and drugs as contributing factors to him raping her.
Pauline Gericke described her grandson Nicolas Ninow as a protective person.
Rights group Women and Men Against Child Abuse said it hoped justice would prevail when self-confessed Dros rapist Nicholas Ninow returns to the High Court in Pretoria next month where sentencing proceedings are expected to begin.
Ninow has also been found guilty of possession of drugs and defeating the ends of justice.
Last week, Nicolas Ninow pleaded guilty to four charges, including rape, after he sexually assaulted a girl in the restroom of the Pretoria restaurant.
Nicholas Ninow is standing trial at the High Court in Pretoria for the rape of a seven-year-old girl in the toilet of a Dros restaurant in Pretoria last year.
The State in the Dros rape trial on Thursday urged the High Court in Pretoria to convict Nicholas Ninow based on the evidence of his seven-year-old victim.
Closing arguments will be heard on Thursday in the case of Nicholas Ninow, who is on trial for raping a seven-year-old girl at a Dros restaurant in Pretoria.
Nicholas Ninow has pleaded guilty to charges of rape, defeating the ends of justice and possession of illegal substances.
The little girl’s mother recounted in court what unfolded on 24 September 2018 when her child was raped.
A former childminder at a Dros restaurant in Pretoria has detailed how she resigned because she believed she failed the child that was raped by Nicholas Ninow.
The latest witness to testify – a waitress at the restaurant - was adamant that Nicolas Ninow was the man who was found with the girl in one of the toilet cubicles.
The former childminder told the court that she was the one who took the little girl to the bathroom where Ninow was caught violating her.
Ninow is facing charges of rape and defeating the ends of justice.
The 22-year-old man accused of raping a seven-year-old girl in the bathroom of a Dros restaurant in Pretoria in September last year has pleaded guilty.
The Dros rape trial is expected to begin at the North Gauteng High Court after nearly a year.
A trial date for Dros rape accused Nicholas Ninow has been set down for September in the North Gauteng High Court.