Lock this scumbag up, mentioned a victim of gender-based violence (GBV) to The Citizen. John Schuurman, also called Johnny Rocket, pleaded not responsible to prices of assaulting his former girlfriend and breaking her nostril in January. Schuurman appeared on the Hatfield Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Videos and images seen by The Citizen present what a person, allegedly Schuurman, could also be succesful of, with graphic element of what appears like an assault on two totally different males on three separate events. In one video, a person cowers earlier than an individual, alleged to be Schuurman, earlier than he rips into the person’s hair…
Lock this scumbag up, mentioned a victim of gender-based violence (GBV) to The Citizen.
John Schuurman, also called Johnny Rocket, pleaded not responsible to prices of assaulting his former girlfriend and breaking her nostril in January.
Schuurman appeared on the Hatfield Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Videos and images seen by The Citizen present what a person, allegedly Schuurman, could also be succesful of, with graphic element of what appears like an assault on two totally different males on three separate events.
In one video, a person cowers earlier than an individual, alleged to be Schuurman, earlier than he rips into the person’s hair and drags him throughout the ground of what appears like an workplace, beating him up.
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Another video exhibits a semi-naked man, carrying what appears like a loin material, being kicked, crushed and threatened with a gun.
Photographs present Schuurman’s former girlfriend, Milena Hill, in hospital after the assault with a damaged nostril and a number of other scratch marks and accidents on her face.
Yet one other set of photos exhibits one other man allegedly crushed up by Schuurman.
Schuurman will go on trial in August – mockingly Women’s Month.
This is the second high-profile occasion of gender-based violence making headlines this 12 months.
Recently, video footage emerged of Jaco Swart’s brutal assault on his spouse and later, former colleagues testified on Carte Blanche, that he raised his hand to them, too.
The nation was outraged when Swart was fined R20,000, calling it a slap on the wrist. In each situations AfriForum stepped in to help the victims.
Its spokesperson, Barry Bateman, mentioned: “The scourge of gender-based violence [GBV] is one of the intense points plaguing the nation.
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“When advocate Gerrie Nel established [AfriForum’s] private prosecutions unit, one of the issues he wanted to take on was the bullies; people who used their power, whether that be financial, political and, in this case, physical, to prey on people who are weaker than them.”
The victim of gender-based violence who spoke to The Citizen didn’t need to be named attributable to fears of prejudice in her company job.
“She wrote a scathing open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa and mentioned she had been to court docket 33 instances and her abuser remained free, residing the great life.
She mentioned: “I want my dad have been nonetheless round or that I had an older brother to go and beat the residing daylights out of my abuser. I want that for each girl who can not appear to get justice on this nation.
“It is a joke, and a sick one.”
Bateman mentioned: “We’re going into 16 days of activism shortly. “It is a waste of time as a result of on the bottom we’re not seeing the affect of no matter these commitments is perhaps that you simply hear from authorities.
“A primary instance was Ms Hill. All she knew was that the matter was set down for plea and trial, however she had no prior communication with the prosecutor, not even on the day.
“No communication, no indication of what she may expect, no briefing, no consultation to go through her statement with her.”
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The victim referred to police stations and courtrooms plastered with posters sharing recommendation, platitudes and call numbers for victims of GBV.
But, she mentioned, nothing will get achieved and alleges that perpetrators have some type of affect over prosecutors and magistrates for gentler remedy.
“The bench’s gavel of justice only hammers survivors’ already bruised bodies and spirits. The current status quo makes finding justice near impossible.”
Bateman mentioned AfriForum believed Ramaphosa’s arduous line towards GBV was lip service.
“We do not think that there is any real commitment from the government to deal with … this particular scourge.”
