Day 4 & 5 of the Alledged Sunday Rapist trail.

DAY 4

 Steyn making another joke and trying to start up a conversation.

Steyn in the witness stand.

Steyn being taken away after court adjourned for the day.


Day 4 and my experiences.


I walked into court this morning and was stopped by the De Waal famliy. I have gotten to know them, on an informal basis because of my involvement in this case because I have been covering the case since Steyns first appearance in the Krugersdorp's Magistrate Court. They asked me why we chose the photograph of Steyn smiling that appeared in the paper? So I started to explain why he was smiling and that our night desk decides what photos fits the story best and they stopped me to say, "no no no no no were not angry, we are just interested in why you choose certain pictures". I then apologised that we are photographing them so often to which they replied, "no dont worry its ok we understand". I always try to be as un intrusive as possible when photographing people in very emotional situations. 

Day 4 was a very eventful day in court again with Steyn taking the stand to give his version of the events that lead to him giving a statement in front of a magistrate in which he admitted guilt to the murder of Louise De Waal and other cases.  One of the things he admitted to was that he cheated on his wife with other woman and prostitutes. Im not going to go into all the detail as its a lot but if you wish to read it further you can go to : http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Jammer-dat-ek-monster-is-20120726

DAY 5

Jessica Du Toit (Louise De Waal's sister) in the witness stand.


Day 5 started with Jessica Du Toit (Louise's sister) taking the witness stand and giving a short testimony on her sisters cellphone and that she tried to contact her. I dont even want to imagine how hard this must have been for her to face her sisters suspected killler. She is really a very strong and brave woman.

The next witness was a 13 year old girl that was abducted by the supected Sunday Rapist. She gave a detailed testimony of how she was abducted and the events that came after. This was a really hard testimony to hear and it tore me apart inside to hear a young girl telling the court what she went through. Im not going to give all the details but if you are interested the rest of the testimony and what happened in court can be read at: http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Jy-maak-my-seer-20120727

This is a article that Marzanne Van Den Bergh wrote for Beeld on the 27th of July 2012 and the link for day 4 on the 26th.