THE Film and Publication Board (FPB) welcomed the 12 life sentences handed to Gerhard Ackerman on charges of possession of child pornography by the South Gauteng High Court on Monday 14 August 2023.
Ackerman, a convicted sex trafficker and child rapist was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday at the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Monday, where Judge Mohamed Ismail convicted him for the more than 700 charges he faced.
The life sentences were imposed for each of the rape and human trafficking counts, including the rape of minors.
The FPB played a crucial role in conducting analysis of the images found in the possession of Ackerman, which were crucial in his successful prosecution. The South Gauteng High Court accepted the FPB’s content analysis report drafted by the Child Protection Team.
Both the State and the Defence Lawyer adopted the content analysis report and confirmed its accuracy without any
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