SCA granting appeal to Nicolas Ninow ‘angering, frustrating’
Civil rights group #NotInMyName has slammed what it calls the ‘nonsensical right’ to appeal granted by the Supreme Court of Appeal to infamous Dros rapist Nicolas Ninow.
Ninow was granted the right to appeal his conviction and sentence after his leave to appeal was refused by the High Court in Pretoria in March last year.
Ninow was found guilty of raping a seven-year-old girl in the bathroom of a Dros restaurant in Pretoria in September 2018.
The sentence came after he was earlier convicted of raping a 7-year-old girl in the bathroom of a Dros restaurant in Silverton last year.
#NotInMyName secretary-general Themba Masango says the leave to appeal is a slap in the face of justice.
“We want to reject his appeal out rightly with the greatest contempt. It is actually angering and frustrating for us to be even talking about him being granted the right to appeal his sentence.
“This is a slap in the face of justice and it is a secondary trauma to both the victim and her family.
“This is also a real show of disdain towards South African communities at large.
Ninow pleaded guilty at the start of his trial, but claimed that he used drugs in the bathroom and that the child walked in and asked to urinate.
Judge Mosopa rejected this version and found that he stalked the victim, followed her into the bathroom and raped her, making his actions premeditated rather than impulsive.
“Ninow must just make peace with the fact that he committed a heinous crime and deserves to be in jail,” the judge said.
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