Notorious Serial Sex Offender Sentenced To 12 Life Sentences

Posted by: Eninu William in world news August 15, 2023

The High Court in Johannesburg has imposed 12 life sentences on Gerhard Ackerman, a serial sex offender who was found guilty of committing multiple sex crimes against children in South Africa. Judge Mohamed Ismail of the Johannesburg court, however, ruled that the 12 life sentences would run concurrently.

In April, the court found Ackerman guilty of attempted murder and several sexual offenses against minors, who were mainly young boys.

Some of the sexual offenses the court found Ackerman guilty of included rape, human trafficking, sexual grooming of minors and production, possession and distribution of child pornography. Ackerman is still on trial for a separate child sexual abuse case. He is accused of having committed at a Johannesburg country club in 2018.

Ackerman’s suspected accomplice, Paul Kennedy, who worked as an advocate and acting judge, died by suicide in February 2022, before the trial began. Kennedy was accused of aiding Ackerman in operating the child sex abuse ring. He was also responsible for transmitting HIV to some of the victims Ackerman sent him.

Following the sentence, Ackerman fired his lawyer. The sex offender also told journalists that he was innocent on most, if not all of the charges. He would therefore file for a retrial of the case.

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