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Aleshan Moodley, a former Bryanston High School coach, has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape, sexual assault and common assault.
Moodley was arrested in 2019 after a 17-year-old and her mother opened a criminal case against him.
A magistrate is expected to make a ruling on his dismissal application in May.
The former Bryanston High School sports coach accused of rape and sexual assault has petitioned the Alexandra Magistrate s Court to have the charges against him dismissed, due to insufficient evidence.
On Monday, lawyers for Aleshan Moodley brought a 174 application in terms of the Criminal Procedure Act.
The complainant, among other charges, claims Moodley kissed her, inappropriately touched her legs and beat her up.
Moodley faces 12 counts of sexual assault, assault, and rape. He has pleaded
The charge sheet, which News24 has seen, also stipulates that in 2017 the accused beat and inappropriately touched the complainant s behind.
Wrapping up her cross-examination, Moodley s lawyer, Sita Kolbe, SC, questioned the complainant s mother about why she delayed reporting the matter to the police.
Kolbe also quizzed the mother on whether she knew that her daughter reported that her stepfather abused her in 2018. She replied that she was unaware of this. Unfortunately I didn t know about these events, and they only came out recently.