Sentences doled out by magistrate in KZN sexual offences court under review for leniency and misdirection
The review judges agreed and said the sentence imposed by Asmal was so “disturbingly inappropriate that it is likely to cause indignation within a large portion of society.
“Irrespective of the extent to which an adult may feel tempted...the exercise of restraint is what being an adult is all about.” A case of an “uncle”, convicted of sexual assault for rubbing his penis on the vagina of a seven-year-old, who was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment wholly suspended on condition that he compensate the mother of the victim in the amount of R2,000.
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