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At least seven victims will testify in the case against alleged kingpin Gerhard Ackerman who is accused of luring boys as young as seven years old to be raped by adult men for money.
The alleged victims of a child sex ring will testify by means of closed-circuit TV and their testimony will be closed to the public, the Johannesburg high court ruled on Wednesday.
Human rights lawyer Kennedy's co-accused, Gerhard Ackerman, faces over 700 counts of charges ranging from human trafficking, to the production and distribution of child pornography, and rape.
Senior advocate and acting judge Paul Kennedy died before he could face trial for his alleged involvement in a child sex ring, but his co-accused, Gerhard Ackerman, has gone on trial - and has been charged with Kennedy's crimes too.
Gerhard Ackerman, the co-accused in the case against late advocate Paul Kennedy, allegedly taught children how to perform sexual acts on male clients.