Advocate Gerrie Nel argues for a prison sentence for Alexis Bizos, convicted of assaulting his wife, as the case highlights failures in the justice system regarding gender-based violence.
Advocate Gerrie Nel, Monique van Oosterhout, and advocate Phyllis Voster, a member of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit. Picture: SuppliedA prison sentence is the only appropriate punishment for a remorseless wife-beater who taunted his victim and then tried to convince the court that he was, in fact, the victim.
In 2018, Nel announced that the unit would privately prosecute the case after the National Prosecuting Authority declined to prosecute Bizos. The trial eventually started in January 2020. “Despite the lip service paid to the fight against gender-based violence and strengthened legislation to deal with this societal scourge, and even a yearly period of action and reflection on gender-based violence, the criminal justice system has failed victims in general and this victim in particular. She had to resort to private prosecution to get justice.
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