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Original Post Date: 2008-12-16 Time: 02:00:10 Posted By: Jan
By Alex Eliseev
Plettenberg Bay is a long way to go to make an arrest, but two Johannesburg officers have apprehended an international fugitive wanted in Britain for more than 30 sexual crimes against children.
The 34-year-old man made his first court appearance on Monday at the Plettenberg Bay Magistrate’s Court and has applied for legal aid ahead of hearings into his bail and extradition.
It is believed he is wanted for about 34 charges and is accused of raping a child under the age of 14 and assaulting another pre-teen child.
Some of the charges against him relate to child pornography.
The police spokesperson dealing with Interpol cases, Senior Superintendent Tummi Golding, confirmed that all the necessary paperwork had been received from the British authorities regarding their investigation and extradition request.
The man, who cannot be named until he is formally charged, is a South African who left the country to live with relatives in Britain some time ago.
During his time abroad, he allegedly committed a string of crimes, and fled back to South Africa a year or two ago to escape UK authorities.
The Star understands that two members of the Randburg Child Protection and Sexual Offences Investigative Unit travelled down to make the arrest on Saturday night.
A tipoff from an informer led them to a plot just outside Plettenberg Bay where their suspect was living with his father.
The officers, who are affiliated to a provincial task team combating child pornography, teamed up with a local policeman and surprised the man at the home.
His father claimed he didn’t know that his son was wanted by the UK police and wasn’t taken into custody.
The Joburg-based officers were expected to take the stand in court yesterday to oppose bail. But because the man required assistance to find a lawyer, the case was postponed to later this week.
The extradition and bail hearings are, however, likely to take place only early next year.
The man is not facing any charges in SA and may opt to return to the UK willingly to stand trial. For now he is being kept in custody in nearby Knysna.
At an Interpol conference last month, the focus fell on crimes committed against children.
Senior members of world-renowned units like the US Marshals gave lectures about how they were capturing child-sex offenders across the globe.