Meet Gerhard Ackerman and his late co-accused Senior Advocate and Acting Judge Paul Kennedy who took his life in his Johannesburg home February 2022

Meet Gerhard Ackerman and his late co-accused Senior Advocate and Acting Judge Paul Kennedy who took his life in his Johannesburg home February 2022. 

They were arrested and charged with running one of the biggest child sex ring in South Africa.

Ackerman and his co-accused are set to be facing over 740 charges which range fron

. Rape

. Sexual Assault

.Compelled Sexual Assault 

. Compelled Rape

. Distribution of Child Pornography

. Human Trafficking

Ackerman would allegedly request pornographic images and videos from under aged boys and would sometimes pay for content

He trafficked young boys to Johannesburg were he would groom them to perform sexual acts and massages on his clients.