Utata wabantwana abathathu ugwetywe iminyaka engama-35 ethothoza entolongweni ngenxa yokusebenzisa abantwana bakhe ukwenza imifanekiso engamanyala ebantwaneni ukuze azuze imali.
Le ndoda eneminyaka engamashumi amabini anesixhenxe (27) nengenakuchazwa ngegama ukukhusela abantwana bayo, igwetywe kwinkundla yenqila yasePaarl kwiveki ephelileyo, nalapho yayalelwa ukuba idonse isibini esithathwini sesigwebo sayo phambi kokuba ifumaneke ukuba ithathelwe ingqalelo kwingqawule.
Isithethi seGunyabantu lezoTshutshiso (NPA), u-Eric Ntabazalila, uthi ngethuba etshate nomama wabantwana bakhe, le ndoda yayingaphangeli kwaye yangena kwinkundla yezonxibelelwano yabantu abanomdla kwimifanekiso yamanyala yabantwana ababezimisele ukuthenga imifanekiso neevidiyo eziphakathi kwe-5 ne-$10.
Uthi uyise wangena phantsi kwe-radar ye-intanethi ye-intanethi ye-Federal Bureau of Investigation (i-FBI) i-Task Force Officer eyabelwe i-Washington Field Office (WFO) njengenxalenye ye-FBI Child Exploitation kunye ne-Human Trafficking Task Force, esebenza kwi-ofisi yesathelayithi eWashington, DC.
I-arhente efihlakeleyo isebenze njengomlawuli weqela kwaye ngoko yazisa iSAPS ngomhla wama-22 kuDisemba 2022 ukuze iqhube uphando.
UNtabazalila uthi nge 30 May 2023 utata wabanjwa.
Uthi lo bawo ugwetywe kumatyala amabini okurhweba ngabantu ngokungekho mthethweni, amane odlwengulo lwabantwana ababini abancinci, amathathu okusebenzisa abantwana okanye ukuxhamla kwimifanekiso yabantwana, 629 yokufunyanwa nephonografi yabantwana, amathathu okusasazwa ngokungekho mthethweni nangabom kwabantwana kunye namathathu okuxhatshazwa kwabantwana.
Inkundla iye yamgweba iminyaka eli-195 kodwa yayalela uninzi ukuba luqhube ngaxeshanye.