WARNING: This investigation comprises descriptions of child abuse that you could be discover triggering or tough to learn.
- Toddlers as younger as two had been allegedly kidnapped and raped by the husband of a play college proprietor in Melkbosstrand.
- We title suspected paedophile Marius Pistorius in the public curiosity. His alleged crimes against kids began in 1983, however most identified instances occurred in the 2010s.
- He apparently seized toddlers from their lessons at Babbel & Krabbel play college, which was based by his spouse, Annet Pistorius.
- The identities of at the very least seven alleged victims are identified to News24.
- The NPA declined to prosecute Pistorius, citing “unreliable” toddlers.
- The play college, on the grounds of the Hervormde Church, now accepts infants as younger as three months.
A play college close to Cape Town has allegedly been used to feed the sexual appetites of Marius Pistorius, 69.
He allegedly raped or sexually assaulted at the very least seven toddlers he seized from a crèche that’s owned by his spouse, Annet Pistorius, 63.
Most of the identified victims had been allegedly raped by Marius once they had been between two and 5 years outdated. The most up-to-date allegation dates from 2018.
During a 3-month investigation that unearthed affidavits, forensic reviews and medical evaluations of at the very least seven victims, his obvious modus operandi has been pieced collectively.
Annet would run the Babbel & Krabbel play college in Melkbosstrand. Marius would allegedly present up throughout the college’s nap time; he would achieve entry to a woman or boy; he would take them to his home, generally penetrating them together with his fingers, and generally forcing them to the touch or masturbate him.
Babbel & Krabbel in Melkbosstrand.
To seal the secret, in keeping with some accounts, Marius would maintain the child’s hand above a lawnmower. With their fingers centimetres from the blade, in keeping with direct testimony or testimony from dad and mom, Marius would flip the machine on. As the child struggled to get away from the spinning blade, he allegedly threatened to chop the toddler if the child ever talked about what occurred in a single of two homes, straight reverse one another, in a seaside suburb of Melkbosstrand.
Marius’ first alleged rape was of a 13-yr-outdated woman in 1983, however, since then, his targets appear to have develop into a lot youthful. Of the seven victims whose identities are identified to News24, six had been aged two to 5 the first time they had been allegedly raped by him.
Both Marius and Annet vehemently deny the accusations – their full response might be learn right here.
Before publication of this exposé, they utilized for an interdict against News24 however threw in the towel in the Western Cape High Court final week. The listening to was scheduled for Friday.
As with News24’s reporting on alleged paedophile Willem Breytenbach, the KwaSizabantu cult and sexual grooming at elite faculties, this investigation reveals compelling accounts of abuse that we publish in the public curiosity.
In the face of a number of accounts and corroborating proof, we now have no motive to suspect the toddlers’ variations are unreliable. Together with the relaxation of our supply base – medical examinations, psychological evaluations, interviews with most of the dad and mom and a whole bunch of pages of documentation – an image emerges of a serial predator.
Marius Pistorius. (Supplied to News24)
In the previous 11 years, police opened at the very least seven dockets against Pistorius. But in 2011 and once more in 2019, the State declined to prosecute him as a result of the kids’s accounts – and a now-grownup sufferer’s affidavit – weren’t discovered to be dependable sufficient by police and the National Prosecuting Authority.
In a December 2011 letter to some of the sufferer’s lawyer, the Western Cape’s Director of Public Prosecutions wrote:
I’ve determined to not institute prosecution on this matter as the complainants are too younger to testify and there’s no goal corroboration for the allegations.
When the prosecutor referred to “objective corroboration”, they appeared to disregard the knowledgeable opinions they themselves requested for. Even although medical and psychological evaluations of at the very least six kids confirmed the veracity of their accounts of abuse suffered at the palms of Marius, the knowledgeable’s detailed reviews had been dismissed.
The accounts are corroborated additional by proof seized from the Pistorius home in 2012 as half of a civil search warrant (legally referred to as an Anton Piller order). During a raid on their house in Melkbosstrand, police discovered a number of gadgets particularly described by the alleged victims’
‘Oom-juffrou’ and 2018
In the most up-to-date case, in 2018, a 3-yr-outdated woman regularly disclosed her abuse to her dad and mom, who took her for medical and psychological evaluations that confirmed her reviews.
In an affidavit, the woman’s mom wrote her daughter disclosed {that a} man she referred to as “oom-juffrou” (“uncle-teacher”) was “doing naughty stuff to them and is tickling them. She showed us where he tickled them by touching her vagina.”
The woman mentioned the “naughty stuff” occurred at the “oom-juffrou’s” home.
Her mom wrote: “Because I knew where Marius Pistorius stays I decided to take [my daughter] past his house to see if she recognises it. When we got close to his house, I told [her] that she can take off her safety belt and open her window and if she sees a house that she recognises, she must tell me. As I drove past [Pistorius’ address] in Melkbosstrand, [she] shouted out that she knew the house, that it is the oom-juffrou’s house.
“I circled and went previous his home from the different route. Again, she recognised it.
“I drove past the sea and talked about something else. For a third and final time, I drove past his house and again she recognised it.”
Later, the woman instructed her mom Marius “told her that they were lovers, that he kissed her and that he wanted to marry her. She also told me again that he touched her vagina and that he told her to touch his penis. I asked her if she did what he asked, and she said yes. She touched it. […] I asked her where all this happened and again she said at his house”.
The woman’s disclosure was confirmed by a health care provider and a psychologist. The latter wrote:
Throughout the forensic interview with [the victim], she gave detailed data that’s indicative of inappropriate sexual interplay between herself and oom-juffrou.
The report mentioned the woman “provided consistent information with regards to the alleged digital penetration and fondling of her genital area between herself and oom-juffrou”.
It added: “It was evident that the information provided by [the girl] about the alleged sexual abuse was consistent with her own experiences and that at no stage did it appear that [she] was suggestible to other interpretations of her version of accounts. From the collateral information, it appears that the identity of oom-juffrou correlates with that of Mr Marius Pistorius.”
The woman had disclosed the oom-juffrou “usually puts on black hair”. Six years prior, at the time of the execution of the Anton Piller order, a black wig had been present in his house.
Back to 2011
Seven years earlier, the dad and mom of six ladies and boys had comparable tales to inform.
In one case, a 5-yr-outdated boy mentioned he was taken from Babbel & Krabbel to Marius’ home. In an announcement recorded by police, the boy mentioned: “Uncle Marius also hurt my [penis] at his house. We drove with auntie Annet’s car, a white car.”
According to data shared with News24, Annet drove a white Toyota Corolla in 2011.
Marius and Anette Pistorius.
The boy continued: “Uncle Marius pulled my [penis] outside his house. Uncle Marius’ wife, auntie Annet, works at Babbel & Krabbel. […] Uncle Marius pulled my [penis], pulled it hard.”
He added: “Uncle Marius opened my bum and pushed his thumb into my hole where the poo comes out. He pushed his thumb in hard and pulled it out hard. It was very, very sore. I told Uncle Marius that it is sore.”
And then got here an everlasting menace. According to the boy, “Uncle Marius said he would cut off our fingers with the lawnmower, he keeps the lawnmower in the garage… Uncle Marius put my hand in front of the lawnmower and wanted to hurt my finger”.
Accusations pile up
In a matter of months in 2011, at the very least 4 different kids made comparable disclosures to their dad and mom and social staff.
A 3-yr-outdated woman, over many periods, instructed a psychologist “that Oom Marius hurt her on her face and arms by hitting her. He also hurt her [vagina] with his fingers”.
“In the last session, she specifically said he put his pinky finger in her [vagina] and this hurt her. She said it happened more than one time.”
She said the “oom” pulled her pants and panties down, touched her after which she pulled up her personal pants and panties, saying “Oom Marius does not have clothes on when he touches her genitals”.
She added “Oom Marius is older, and has hair on his face”.
“She sits in the foot area of the car when she travels to his house,” the report added. “She mentioned that they then play games at his house. There are pet fish at his house.”
The woman demonstrated genital ache, sexualised behaviour, developmental regression, household and peer battle, difficulties separating from dad and mom, hyperactivity, anxiousness, clinginess, nightmares, fears, melancholy, rage, tantrums, issues with sitting and strolling, sleep difficulties, modifications in consuming, complications, and enuresis, or bedwetting.
“She doesn’t like yellow and green, because she says Uncle Marius scared them with lawnmowers[…] She also said the dust from the machines hurt her hands and eyes when Uncle Marius held her hands above the machine,” the report said.
A medical examination confirmed the woman had been raped as described.
Terrified of college
A 3-yr-outdated woman, over many periods, instructed a psychologist she was terrified of going to highschool.
“In later sessions, she stated that the uncle at Babbel & Krabbel School with silver hair touched her [vagina]. He has little hair on his head. This happened when they were outside. The uncle’s clothes were off. The uncle’s name is Maurice.”
According to the woman’s mom, “Marius” would sound like “Maurice” to her English-speaking daughter.
The woman demonstrated sexualised behaviour, regression, social withdrawal, sexual preoccupation, household and peer battle, difficulties separating from her dad and mom, anxiousness, clinginess, nightmares, fears, melancholy, rage, tantrums, sleep difficulties, complications and bedwetting.
“She is afraid of lawnmowers,” the psychologist added.
The lawnmower.
A medical examination confirmed the woman had been raped as described.
A 3-yr-outdated woman instructed her father she “is scared of the monster”, he instructed a psychologist, whose analysis of the woman confirmed abuse.
The father mentioned: “I asked who the monster was and she told me the monster was an uncle. I asked her why she was scared of the monster/uncle and she said the uncle drove with her. She also said that she called out for me to come help her, so I can give the uncle a hiding. She also told me I wasn’t there to help her.”
She mentioned the perpetrator had canine, fish and a chicken.
The woman demonstrated regression, anxiousness, clinginess, nightmares, fears, sleep difficulties and modifications in consuming. A medical examination discovered accidents suitable with digital penetration.
During the periods, the woman “would display some aggressive behaviour, [such as] throwing toys around the playroom, and anxious behaviour [in] wanting the physical proximity of her mother or father”.
She demonstrated genital ache, sexualised behaviour, regression, difficulties separating from dad and mom, anxiousness, clinginess, nightmares, fears, rage and sleep difficulties.
A medical examination confirmed the woman had been raped as described.
Back to the Nineteen Eighties
But Marius’ alleged trespasses stretch all the approach again to the early Nineteen Eighties, when he allegedly first raped a 13-yr-outdated neighbour named Sandy Gould. It started at the finish of 1982, when his mom, the late Lettie Pistorius, apparently selected Sandy as a bride for her then-29-yr-outdated son.
By this level, Marius had already been married thrice – as soon as to a bride of 16. (Under apartheid-period legislation, minors had been allowed to get married if their dad and mom gave permission.) Annet is his fourth and fifth spouse – they obtained married in 1985, divorced just a few years later, and remarried in 1998.
When she was 13, mentioned Gould, “Ouma Lettie” hand-picked her to be Marius’ new spouse. She was residing throughout the highway from them when Lettie insisted on giving her a elevate to a property that was two minutes’ stroll away. During the brief experience house, Lettie instructed Gould she was lonely and invited her to come back meet her household.
Within weeks, Lettie was insisting the teenager name her “ma”. She taught Gould clear the home and cook dinner Marius’ favorite meals. By then, he was already a father of two.
“Ouma Lettie groomed me,” Gould instructed News24. “I was treated as though I was exceptionally special, very welcome, and made a fuss of every single day. It’s just that there was a trick at the end.”
She alleged Marius first raped her just a few weeks after Lettie chosen her. Five years later, throughout Marius’ first marriage to Annet, an 18-yr-outdated Gould would fall pregnant together with his child. She ended her entanglement with Marius when he later sued for, and gained, custody of their daughter.
A personal prosecution of Gould’s case was tried by AfriForum, however the case stalled after police ignored three formal requests for the case file underneath the Promotion of Access to Information Act.
Sandy Gould.
According to AfriForum’s Phyllis Vorster, their palms had been tied, as they might not set up the existence of a prima facie case for personal prosecution.
Gould has since reapplied for entry to her docket.
Semi-open secret
The paedophilia allegations against Marius have been a semi-open secret in the small group of Melkbosstrand, about half an hour’s drive north of central Cape Town.
In reality, Babbel & Krabbel play college was named by native media in 2011, when most of the instances surfaced. At the time, Annet railed against the reviews, referring to the accusations as “mud-slinging”.
She instructed Die Burger newspaper: “If there are guilty people on the [school] grounds, then it has to come out. However, should the guilty not be found here, that should also be made known.”
A common view of Melkbosstrand.
In a letter to oldsters in July 2011, the chairman of the play college’s governing physique, Werner Kleinschmidt, expanded on Annet’s inferences.
He mentioned whereas the college and employees had been “deeply concerned about the welfare of the children in question and support a full investigation into each of these cases”, the a number of investigations “rationally must include the entire environment in which the child concerned finds him or herself at home, in school and wherever else they could have been exposed”.
Three months later, Annet continued to level fingers at dad and mom, the media, and an area lawyer, Vincent Bergh.
Just like Bergh “is concerned about the other toddlers in the school, we are concerned that the toddlers case in the whole milieu in which they operate, has not been investigated”, she wrote in a letter to oldsters.
“We were, after all, willing to be investigated from the start and still nobody has been identified as a possible suspect. It is very coincidental that everything has been quiet up until four days before our open day.”
Police registered seven dockets with allegations of sexual assault and rape against Marius, none of which had been prosecuted. In response to queries from News24, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) confirmed the suspect was a “male person, the identity of who is not clear”.
Spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila added: “I am aware of the fact that the parents of the complainants and one adult complainant all allege that Mr Pistorius is the suspect.”
According to the NPA, there was no consistency in the victims’ allegations about what occurred and who was “responsible”.
It was additionally questionable whether or not the toddlers could be discovered to be competent witnesses, Ntabazalila instructed News24.
‘Oh, my hat!’
Marius and Annet have spent the previous month denying he’s a paedophile who carted off kids from her play college.
“Oh, my hat!” mentioned Annet when first approached for touch upon 30 March 2022.
By 1 April, their lawyer threatened News24 with an interdict earlier than publication. The case was to be heard in the Western Cape High Court on 13 May. But final week, 5 days after being served with News24’s 96-web page answering affidavit, they dropped their software and agreed to pay all prices.
They finally responded to our detailed record of questions final Thursday. They strenuously denied all allegations against them – their full 17-web page response might be learn right here.
Hervormde blues
Back in Melkbosstrand, Babbel & Krabbel has continued to thrive, regardless of it not being registered by the Western Cape social growth division. In reality, it not too long ago expanded its providing to incorporate take care of infants as younger as three months. On babbelenkrabbel.com, it guarantees to “look after your bundle of joy in a safe and nurturing environment”.
Its landlord, by way of thick and skinny, has been the Hervormde Church of Melkbosstrand, which varieties half of the church’s Cape Town parish. A spokesman, Johann Smith, mentioned the church prolonged the play college’s lease in 2011 “in good faith that all the allegations of sexual abuse were dismissed by the prosecutor”.
In response to a query concerning the allegations that emerged in 2018, Smith incorrectly said the “allegations were not new ones, but the same as those investigated in 2011”.
Marius Pistorius. (Supplied to News24)
He added: “The whole situation was contaminated by gossip, envy, and jealousy between different role players in the community of Melkbosstrand. It was difficult to come to any positive conclusion and the church relied on the integrity of the prosecutor and the legal system.”
Experts unheeded
Social employee Edith Kriel spent months assessing 4 kids who made allegations of abuse against Marius. She delivered an unambiguous report back to the State.
“My conclusion was that all four children I worked with had been sexually abused,” she instructed News24.
“My office was in communication with SAPS, with statutory child protection organisations, with the Department of Social Development. Interestingly, there was no communication with the National Prosecuting Authority, who ultimately made the decision to withdraw the case.
“But although all these techniques had been concerned, nobody was in a position to shield the kids.”
For all the horror that was reported, the State remained unmoved. Reports remained unheeded and pressing action remained untaken.
In one of the State’s own medico-legal examinations – form J88 – it found clear evidence that a three-year-old girl had been raped as described. At the end of the report, the State’s expert made an urgent recommendation regarding the child’s rapist.
“He must be confined urgently,” the doctor pleaded. He signed the report in Cape Town in May 2011.
Do you know more about the events in this story? Please get in touch with us at [email protected]
* Names have been changed to protect their identity or the identity of their children, who are victims of a sexual crime.
This story is part of an investigation by News24 and My Only Story into allegations of the sexual assault of toddlers at the Babbel & Krabbel pre-school.
Marius and Annet Pistorius have denied all the allegations that have been made. Their respective responses can be read here.
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