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simply wanted to make money out of him. Her response was to ask him not to do
anything of the kind to her own children, whereupon he assured her that he would not.
Little did she know that her children had already been molested by him. When Mr B
was informed by H about the complainant’s revelations, she and Mr B had decided
that, should the appellant return to their home, Mr B would speak to him ‘in a
Christian manner to sort the matter out.’ However, when A told her, on the morning
of Sunday 19 January 2003, that the appellant was coming to visit them that
afternoon, she realised that she could no longer permit him to be in their home. She
called A to her and, telling him that she would never reproach him, asked him whether
the appellant had ‘messed with him’. A replied that the appellant had ‘played with his
penis’ and she then realised that ‘everything’ was true.
[22]
According to Mrs B, after the complainant and A had left the house that
afternoon, she had asked the appellant how he could have molested her two sons when
the whole family loved him and cared about him. The appellant turned deathly pale
and kept repeating that he was sorry. She informed him that he must go and that she
did not want to see him ever again. He kept on saying that he was sorry and then left
the house. She still felt heartsore and did not understand how he could have done such
a thing. She reiterated that she felt sorry for him.
[23]
Mrs B testified that it was a psychologist who had reported the matter to the
police. Both children had been taken to see this psychologist approximately a week
after her confrontation with the appellant. They had two sessions with him. He then
said that they must first ‘get through the court case’ before continuing with the
sessions. After the boys had testified, both of them had immediately been taken back
to the psychologist.
[24]
After the complainant’s parents had become aware of what had happened, the
matter was reported to the police and the complainant was medically examined by a
Dr Winn on 15 February 2003. The complainant had informed Dr Winn that he had
been sodomised by a person known to him three times during the year 1999 to 2000.
All the findings flowing from the doctor’s examination of the complainant showed
signs of anal penetration. During his anal examination of the complainant, he had
found an old abrasion and an old scar on the skin surrounding the anus; fissures and
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