Contact Admin. The woman who rescued a year-old girl who was held captive for months and sold to men for sex in return for drugs and money in Vanderbijlpark, Vaal, has been arrested. Annari du Plessis, founder of Cross Roads, a community centre, was arrested on Friday and has been charged with defeating the ends of justice.
Gauteng provincial police spokesperson Captain Katlego Mogale said Du Plessis refused to allow the law to take its course by refusing to hand over the victim to the police. Children's rights group Childline slammed the arrest yesterday, saying it "was very wrong".
Mogale said the woman had prevented the police from assisting "a victim of possible human trafficking and rape". When asked that the victim should be interviewed, she refused but a day later nevertheless brought the victim to the Client Service Centre," Mogale said. Thabang, from Parys in the Free State, had been forced to have sex with men since January this year. She will need all the support she can get. On Thursday Du Plessis told Sowetan that the police had refused to open a case because she had left the girl behind.
Bringing her here to the station , where there are men, would not do her good," Du Plessis said. Woman who saved 'sex slave' arrested. The woman who rescued a year-old girl who was held captive for months and sold to men for sex in return for drugs and money in Vanderbijlpark, Vaal, has been arrested Annari du Plessis, founder of Cross Roads, a community centre, was arrested on Friday and has been charged with defeating the ends of justice.
She had been taken to Sebokeng, Vereeniging and Sasolburg, where she was a sex slave. Childline's Lynne Cawood yesterday said exploitation of any child was unacceptable. Mogale said investigations into the girl's abuse were under way. She also said Du Plessis would appear in court in 48 hours. New club for Reneilwe Letsholonyane and Siphiwe Tshabalala.
