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Bernadette Wicks Picture: iStock Almost 40 years after she was brutally gang raped, one woman’s quest for justice has placed her at the centre of a bold new bid to do away with legislation that puts a time cap on suing sexual offenders for damages. Late last year, the woman - identified only as “AR” in court documents - approached the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban with a civil suit against two of six men she says held her in a bedroom and raped and assaulted her for hours on end while she was at a party in late 1981. The other four men,.
Alleged 1981 gang rape victim wants financial compensation but the law stands in her way
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Johannesburg - A woman who was allegedly gang raped by six men in 1981 is out to get justice in the form of payment, but the Prescription Act stands in her way.
“AR”, as she is identified in court papers, has now launched an application intended to have the prohibitive sections of the Prescription Act of 1969 declared unconstitutional and invalid.
She initially instituted civil action for delictual damages against two men identified as being involved in the sexual assault she suffered at the age of 18.
But “AB” and “AN”, as they are named in papers, maintained in their legal papers on January 12 this year that her claim was prescribed in terms of sections of the Prescription Act.
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