Pretoria advocate Cezanne Visser had admitted to committing sexually explicit deeds with her then lover Dirk Prinsloo in front of two girls in 2002, the Pretoria High Court heard on Friday.
Children’s home manager Martie Booyse told the court Visser had admitted to allegations levelled by the two girls, who spent separate weekends with the couple in February and March 2002.
The 11-year-old girl claimed that Visser used a vibrator in front of her, had asked her to touch her surgically enhanced breasts, and told her to touch Prinsloo’s private parts as he lay in the bath.
The girl said she had been exposed to pornographic videos and magazines and was asked to walk about naked.
A 15-year-old said she was shown sexually explicit videos and claimed the couple had engaged in intimate acts before her.
Booyse said the 11-year-old related the allegations to her on the Monday after spending a weekend with the pair. The older girl, who had visited the couple about two weekends earlier, was then called in and confirmed she had had similar experiences.
Visser came to the children’s home the Tuesday to bring the 11-year-old a fruit basket, Booyse said.
She denied her access to the child, and confronted her with the allegations.
”She admitted everything. I was completely taken aback.”
Under cross-examination from Prinsloo’s counsel, Philip Loubser, Booyse was unable to explain why some of the most serious allegations, including that of the 11-year-old being asked to touch Prinsloo’s private parts, were never included in initial statements taken from the children.
It was also not initially stated that Visser had touched Prinsloo’s private parts in front of the 15-year-old.
Booyse could not say why the older girl had not immediately reported the alleged incidents, but told the court the child felt guilty for having waited so long, given the subsequent experiences of her housemate.
Visser’s legal counsel, Casper Badenhorst, failed to challenge any of the claims.
There were expressions of disbelief in the public gallery when he declined to cross-examine Booyse.
The trial resumed on Tuesday after a six-month delay, and is set to continue next Monday.
Charges against the couple include two of rape — one involving a minor and the other a woman. Both alleged victims claim to have been drugged by the couple.
There are three charges of soliciting a 15-year-old girl to commit indecent acts on different occasions. In the alternative, Visser and Prinsloo are charged with exposing themselves to the girl and/or performing sexual acts in front of her and/or showing her pornographic material.
They are charged with four counts of indecent assault — two of them involving an 11-year-old girl and the others two different women.
Also on the indictment are charges of possessing and manufacturing child pornography, and possessing dagga.
Prinsloo faces an additional charge of assaulting one of the complainants.
The state alleges the couple committed fraud by pretending to be married, to obtain temporary supervision over minors from a children’s home in order to abuse them over weekends.
They have pleaded not guilty on all counts and are out on R4 000 bail each.
The trial has been set down until December 12. — Sapa