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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...
The High Court in Pretoria said that it had considered all of Nicholas Ninow’s personal circumstances before sentencing him to life behind bars.
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.
Nicholas Ninow has approached the High Court in Pretoria to apply for leave to appeal his sentence after he was handed down life in prison for rape, defeating the ends of justice, and possession of drugs.
Convicted rapist Nicholas Ninow has approached the High Court for leave to appeal his sentence.
Convicted rapist Nicholas Ninow applied for leave to appeal his sentence on Friday at the North Gauteng High Court. Judgment has been reserved to 10 March 2020. #NicholasNinow #Dros #Appeal
Nicholas Ninow was sentenced to life behind bars last year after being found guilty of raping a seven-year-old girl at a Dros restaurant in Pretoria in 2018.
Captain Pierre Botha said this was one of the most difficult cases that he had dealt with: 'It was very difficult for me because I am a white person and because a white person raped this little one.'
Members of the public and officials from different political parties and NGOs were elated after the judge passed the sentence.
Dubbed the Dros rapist, Nicholas Ninow was handed life in prison for rape and a five-year sentence for the possession of drugs and a further five-year sentence for defeating the ends of justice.
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.
Ninow was found guilty on four counts including rape. He violated a seven-year-old girl in the toilet of a Dross restaurant in September last year.
Nicholas Ninow raped a seven-year-old girl in a toilet cubicle at a Dros restaurant in September last year.
Pauline Gericke finished her testimony on Thursday morning during the second day of mitigation of sentencing in Nicholas Ninow's rape trial.
Sentencing for the convicted rapist continues.
Pauline Gericke described her grandson Nicolas Ninow as a protective person.
Psychologist Marina Genis told the court that if Ninow was not handed a life sentence, he would repent and make something good of his life.
Pauline Gericke, the grandmother of convicted child rapist Nicholas Ninow, testified during the mitigation of sentence in the North Gauteng High Court.
Convicted rapist Nicholas Ninow broke down in court while reading out a poem he wrote for the seven-year-old girl he assaulted in a toilet cubicle at a Dros restaurant in Pretoria in 2018.