Modimolle accused 'Faked sex'

A co-accused of so-called "Modimolle monster" Johan Kotze faked having sex with Kotze's ex-wife Ina Bonnette, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Monday. "I moved up and down as if I was penetrating her but it did not happen," Andries Sithole said.

 

Dressed in a blue overall and a green shirt, he recounted the events of January 3, 2012 when Bonnette was attacked in Kotze's rented Modimolle home. Kotze is accused of mutilating and orchestrating the gang-rape of his then wife and murdering his stepson Conrad, 19. At the time Bonnette was still married to Kotze, but lived in her own flat. Kotze's co-accused, Sithole, Pieta Mohlane, and Frans Mphaka are accused of kidnapping, assaulting, repeatedly raping, and attempting to murder Bonnette that day.

 

Sithole told the court how, on January 3, they worked outside Kotze's house until he called the three of them inside around 2.45pm. They were told Bonnette was on her way and to wait in a room. Kotze then told them: "My wife does not get enough from me and I want you three to sleep with her," Sithole testified. Kotze told them to pull pantyhose over their heads, but they objected. "A kaffir does what I want him to do," Kotze allegedly told them.

 

"He threatened us with a gun," Sithole said. He testified how Kotze covered Bonnette's head with a towel and ordered them to help tie her to the bed. Sithole said they did what Kotze instructed as he had threatened them. "We didn't know what to do." Kotze told Bonnette: "Bokkie don't be angry, these men won't kill you." Sithole explained how Kotze pulled tape over Bonnette's head and mouth. Kotze pulled down her pants and told him to pull down his pants and prepare himself for raping Bonnette.

 

"I didn't know... I was shocked... I was scared. My knees were shaking against the bed. She must have seen how scared I was." He testified he could not get an erection and Kotze told him to hold his penis. Kotze lifted Bonnette's blouse and told Sithole to touch her breasts to get an erection. "Then I told him I can't... I constantly told him I can't do it." He explained how he then faked having sex with her. "He told me to climb off. I'm hopeless." Sithole said Kotze ordered Mohlane and Mphaka to also rape Bonnette, but they could not and also faked it. 

 

Kotze said they were useless and told them to leave the room. Bonnette attended Monday's proceedings but briefly left during Sithole's testimony.