From charges so voluminous it had to be read out over two days, to the accused falling sick on the day that the first of the State's evidence would be heard, this was the first week of the trial against Gerhard Ackerman. | AlexMitchley
Ackerman, 52, appeared in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Monday, where his trial got underway and he pleaded to an exhaustive 740 charges.
Most of the charges relate to a child sex ring he allegedly ran with the involvement of senior advocate and Acting Judge Paul Kennedy - who died by suicide before the trial started – between 2019 and 2021.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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