Dros rape: Child gives a different sequence of events to Ninow's
11 September 2019
While Nicholas Ninow claimed that he acted impulsively when the seven-year-old girl he said he raped walked into the bathroom of a Dros restaurant, the young girl testified in court that he followed her into the bathroom, indicating that his actions were premeditated.
The child, who testified in camera and via an intermediary room in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday, detailed a different sequence of events to the one Ninow detailed in his plea explanation.
It was this material difference that led to the State to reject Ninow's plea explanation, which meant that the matter would go to trial.
The girl's testimony was held in camera (behind closed doors), meaning that the media were not allowed to be present, but National Prosecuting Authority's spokesperson Phindi Louw Mjonondwane said the victim did well to rebut Ninow's version.