"My hands are tied. I have to accept that my son is a grown-up man who realised what he was doing, if he indeed committed the crime. The nightmare, the struggle, has started all over again." Prinsloo snr.
So you thought Dirkie the “dick” was hiding down under. Well the good news is it is once again safe for your children to venture out. Kama has struck its blow! The irony is that a young boy turned the paedophile in. Isn't life a bitch.
A description given by a 10-year-old boy led to the arrest of alleged child sex predator, Dirk Prinsloo, at an internet café in Minsk, the capital of Belarus.According to Julia Askaldovich, a senior investigating officer at the Belarus police, the arrest was “a great shock” for Prinsloo, 39.
It came only two days after his alleged failed attempt at a bank robbery in Baranovichi, armed with a toy gun, a knife and a little bottle of gas spray.“He repeatedly asked how it was possible [that they had tracked him down] and who was responsible for finding him.
When he heard it was a boy, he asked: ‘A boy? A little boy?’”According to a local newspaper, the boy and his dog were outside the bank which Prinsloo attempted to rob.
Cashiers refused to hand over the money Prinsloo reportedly demanded. He assaulted two women before a cashier managed to press the alarm button. Prinsloo then stormed out of the bank.
Later, the police found a balaclava, toy gun and a bottle of gas spray near the scene.
The boy saw a man running away and managed to get a good look at his face. The police later used the boy’s description to compose an identikit, which eventually led to Prinsloo’s capture. A local newspaper in Belarus, Intex Press, describes Prinsloo’s arrest based on a description given by a boy, as “a sign from heaven”.
According to Belarus’s home affairs department, Prinsloo admitted guilt during his first police interrogation. Prinsloo could face 10 years in prison following his confession.
He will most likely have to serve out his sentence in Belarus before he can be extradited to South Africa. Here he will face charges of indecent assault, rape, sex acts with children, the possession and production of child pornography, as well as fraud.
Dirk Prinsloo's father, Johan, is still in the dark about his son's wellbeing and circumstances since his arrest last week.By Tuesday no one had formally informed him that Prinsloo had been arrested in an eastern Europe country.
Prinsloo, who had been on the run since 2006 after skipping bail in a headline-grabbing sex trial, was arrested in Belarus last Friday, two days after he and two accomplices had apparently tried to rob a bank in the capital, Minsk.
Prinsloo, an advocate, had been facing 16 charges in the Pretoria High Court ranging from indecent assault to manufacturing and possession of child pornography.Prinsloo sr said he had no intention of going to Belarus, saying it was an impossibility.
He said he had no choice but to resign himself to the situation. Prinsloo sr, who has some knowledge of Belarus, said: "It is a very young country that only gained independence in the 1990s, so I doubt if we (South Africa) have an embassy there that can go and check up on Dirk."
Referring to previous internationally highlighted court cases in Russia, he said it appeared as if that country's legal system was swifter than South Africa's. "As far as I know, they also have a different legal system, therefore it won't help if we send a legal representative from here to assist Dirk.
"It will be different rules, procedures and languages, and a South African lawyer won't be able to help," he said. Worst of all for him, said Prinsloo sr, was his feeling of helplessness.
A description given by a 10-year-old boy led to the arrest of alleged child sex predator, Dirk Prinsloo, at an internet café in Minsk, the capital of Belarus.According to Julia Askaldovich, a senior investigating officer at the Belarus police, the arrest was “a great shock” for Prinsloo, 39.
It came only two days after his alleged failed attempt at a bank robbery in Baranovichi, armed with a toy gun, a knife and a little bottle of gas spray.“He repeatedly asked how it was possible [that they had tracked him down] and who was responsible for finding him.
When he heard it was a boy, he asked: ‘A boy? A little boy?’”According to a local newspaper, the boy and his dog were outside the bank which Prinsloo attempted to rob.
Cashiers refused to hand over the money Prinsloo reportedly demanded. He assaulted two women before a cashier managed to press the alarm button. Prinsloo then stormed out of the bank.
Later, the police found a balaclava, toy gun and a bottle of gas spray near the scene.
The boy saw a man running away and managed to get a good look at his face. The police later used the boy’s description to compose an identikit, which eventually led to Prinsloo’s capture. A local newspaper in Belarus, Intex Press, describes Prinsloo’s arrest based on a description given by a boy, as “a sign from heaven”.
According to Belarus’s home affairs department, Prinsloo admitted guilt during his first police interrogation. Prinsloo could face 10 years in prison following his confession.
He will most likely have to serve out his sentence in Belarus before he can be extradited to South Africa. Here he will face charges of indecent assault, rape, sex acts with children, the possession and production of child pornography, as well as fraud.
Dirk Prinsloo's father, Johan, is still in the dark about his son's wellbeing and circumstances since his arrest last week.By Tuesday no one had formally informed him that Prinsloo had been arrested in an eastern Europe country.
Prinsloo, who had been on the run since 2006 after skipping bail in a headline-grabbing sex trial, was arrested in Belarus last Friday, two days after he and two accomplices had apparently tried to rob a bank in the capital, Minsk.
Prinsloo, an advocate, had been facing 16 charges in the Pretoria High Court ranging from indecent assault to manufacturing and possession of child pornography.Prinsloo sr said he had no intention of going to Belarus, saying it was an impossibility.
He said he had no choice but to resign himself to the situation. Prinsloo sr, who has some knowledge of Belarus, said: "It is a very young country that only gained independence in the 1990s, so I doubt if we (South Africa) have an embassy there that can go and check up on Dirk."
Referring to previous internationally highlighted court cases in Russia, he said it appeared as if that country's legal system was swifter than South Africa's. "As far as I know, they also have a different legal system, therefore it won't help if we send a legal representative from here to assist Dirk.
"It will be different rules, procedures and languages, and a South African lawyer won't be able to help," he said. Worst of all for him, said Prinsloo sr, was his feeling of helplessness.
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"A description given by a 10-year-old boy led to the arrest of alleged child sex predator..."
Can there be any better example of poetic justice?
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