The Gauteng High Court has dismissed convicted Dros rapist Nicholas Ninow's application to appeal his rape conviction and subsequent life imprisonment sentence.
Pretoria - Convicted Dros rapist Nicholas Ninow has lost the first round in his bid to appeal against his life sentence.
Gauteng High Court Judge Papi Mosopa said there are no prospects that another court would come to a different conclusion. He turned down Ninow’s application for leave to appeal against both his rape conviction and sentence. Asked by IOL whether Ninow will now petition the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein for leave to appeal, his lawyer, Herman Alberts, instructed by Legal Aid, said he would have to take instructions from his client before making a decision regarding the next step.
Ninow was sentenced to life in prison a month after he was found guilty of rape, possession of drugs and defeating the ends of justice in connection with the rape of a then 7-year-old girl in the female toilets at the Dros restaurant in Silverton, Pretoria.A spontaneous clapping of hands broke out in court from a packed public gallery - mostly interested spectators and members of the #NotInMyName organisation - when the judge turned down the application.
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