The 52-year-old Gerhard Ackerman pleaded not guilty to 740 counts ranging from the rape of minors, human trafficking and the production as well as distribution of child pornography.
JOHANNESBURG - The man accused of running a child sex ring in Johannesburg has been charged with attempted murder for handing boys over for sex with an HIV-positive client.He is accused of running a sex ring where he lured in boys as young as seven, linking them to adult men including acting judge Paul Kennedy who would perform sexual acts on them.
On his second day of trial, Ackerman stood in the dock for the remaining 40 counts to be read to him after State prosecutor Advocate Valencia Dube stopped at count 700 on Monday.Among the counts against Ackerman are three of attempted murder. Once the plea was completed clinical psychologist from the police Kirsten Clark was the first witness to take the stand.
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