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Johannesburg high court judge Ismail Mahomed is on Wednesday expected to deliver his verdict in the trial of Gerhard Ackerman, accused of running a child sex ring.

Judgment has been postponed in the sex ring case against Gerhard Ackerman. He's facing 700 charges including rape, murder and human trafficking.

Judge Ismail Mahomed, who wasn’t feeling well, postponed the verdict to Monday.

Ackerman insists the boys were told not to do anything sexual with massage clients.

Judge Mahomed Ismail told the court that he was suffering from throat inflammation and was unable to read the judgment.

"The world is an evil place because I have been put in prison," Gerhard Ackerman, the man accused of running a child sex abuse ring in Johannesburg, said after his trial was postponed.



Judgment in the case against alleged sex trafficking ringleader Gerhard Ackerman has been postponed to Monday in the High Court in Johannesburg.

Chairperson of National Children and Violence Trust Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva described Gerhard Ackerman’s demeanor and utterances in court as “disturbing”, after he denied any wrongdoing.

Judgment in the child sex ring case against Gerhard Ackerman has been postponed to Monday.

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