Black men accused of rape may not get fair trial from Judge Jansen - submission to JSC
11 May 2016
Cape Town – Any black man accused of rape could face prejudice from Pretoria High Court Judge Mabel Jansen, an advocate has submitted in a complaint to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).
Advocate Vuyani Ngalwana SC on Monday laid a complaint against Jansen in his personal capacity, and in his capacity as Johannesburg branch chairperson of Advocates for Transformation.
"The learned judge has by these racially prejudicial utterances shown herself to be manifestly prejudiced against black people in general and black men facing rape or sexual assault charges in particular," he said in the complaint, of which News24 had a copy.
The complaint followed an uproar after Jansen made comments about the prevalence of rape in "black culture".