Paedophile
Shock after court reduces Plett paedophile William Beale’s sentence
The computer engineer, arrested during a crackdown on an international child porn syndicate in 2015, was convicted on more than 18,000 charges.
William Beale was convicted in 2017 on more than 18,000 charges related to the possession of child porn.
William Beale's lawyer has told the court Beale’s 15-year sentence was strikingly disproportionate when compared with cases of the same nature.
Ian Venter was convicted last year of sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy at his Herolds Bay home in 2015.
Last April, Ian Venter was found guilty of sexually assaulting a boy in 2015.
The former Parktown Boys' assistant water polo coach made a brief appearance on Thursday morning.
William Beale was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to the possession of more than 18,000 child porn images.
The paedophile raped the trio, between the ages of three and nine, earlier this year while they were heading home from school.
The Roman Catholic archbishop of Lyon said more rigorous checks were in place to prevent past errors in the appointment of priests being repeated.
Andries Retief was found guilty of more the 2,000 counts relating to child pornography two years ago.
The State wants a direct prison sentence handed to Andre Retief, convicted of more than 2,000 sexual offences.
Warren Troy Knoop was dismissed from Christian Brother's College in Boksburg as soon as allegations of sexual abuse were raised.
Briton Lee Tucker made a brief appearance in the Cape Town Magistrates Court on Monday.
Lee Tucker appeared in the Cape Town Magistrates Court this morning.