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Witness claims Humphreys ‘was remorseful’
Families have no mercy CHILTON MELLEM
“She is a liar!” family members sneered at the criminologist who was called as a witness in mitigation for sentencing of convicted taxi driver, Jacob Humphreys. The sentencing hearing commenced at the Western Cape High Court on Monday. Claire Wolff, who has an honours degree in criminology from the University of Pretoria compiled a pre-sentencing report, which proved to be very unfavourable with the family members of the victims. This report was drafted after interviewing Humphreys, family members of the victims as well as members of the community. It was Humphreys’s first appearance in the High Court after being found guilty on 10 counts of murder and four counts of attempted murder, following the accident at the Buttskop level crossing in Blackheath, in which 10 schoolchildren were killed on 25 August 2010. The report drawn up by Wolff contained 150 questions which tried to find a motive for Humphreys’s actions. It spanned various aspects of his life such as his hobbies, health, religion, his education and family background. Wolff claimed Humphreys was remorseful about his actions and was well loved by his family and the community. She said the media made him look bad and slandered him with names like “child murderer” and “Jakkals”. However, family members were not convinced. They said he did not even come to apologise to them. Wolff told the court that despite Humphreys growing up with an abusive father, he tried to live his life differently as he did not want to be like him. Family members were angered so much by Wolff’s testament that during a 15 minute recess, a few of them verbally confronted her. When Wolff apologised, one family member sneered, “Ja, I bet you’re sorry!” Family members who were interviewed for this report, claimed that they were unaware that the report was in mitigation for Humphreys. “I am extremely angry. The criminologist phoned us under false pretences. She told us she was from the court to find out our feelings,” said Ursula Pedro, mother of Jason Pedro. She vented her anger further by saying, “The man was found guilty, he could enjoy Christmas with his family but we had to go to a grave. Nobody gave us counselling, our children are dead, it’s not fair.”
Jacob Humphreys during his court appearance in the Cape Town High Court on Monday morning. Photo: Danielle Karallis
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