A 23-YEAR-OLD woman, who testified that she had been abused by her father since pre-school, collapsed in the witness box while recalling how she felt like “a piece of meat” used for his sexual gratification.
She revealed harrowing details in the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court this week, describing how she was allegedly raped and forced to perform oral sex on her father.
She had to be wheeled out of the courtroom in a wheelchair after collapsing to the floor, repeatedly crying out, “Nee, Pappa, jy maak my seer. Ek kan dit nie sluk nie, Pappa. Asseblief, help!” (“No, Daddy, you’re hurting me. I can’t swallow it, Daddy. Please, help!”)
Magistrate de Villiers on Wednesday dismissed an application from the defence to recuse herself after she witnessed the complainant collapsing. She indicated…