On Saturday, State advocate Valencia Dube approached the High Court in Johannesburg with an urgent application to have Ackerman's bail cancelled as he has seemingly disappeared.
JOHANNESBURG - The State has filed an urgent court application to have the bail of Gerhard Ackerman, the man accused of running a child sex ring, revoked.
However, on Friday, when he failed to provide the court with a sick certificate and could not be reached, police investigators were sent to his home where they discovered he had sold all his movable assets and was no longer living there. He was granted R6,000 bail by the Johannesburg Magistrates' Court in 2021, on condition that he reports to the nearest police station on a daily basis.
He faces 740 charges, including rape, attempted murder, distribution of child pornography, and the human trafficking of minors for sexual exploitation.
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