Not my favourite paper but this was in today's Sun.
A STUDENT whose sex complaint sparked the suicide of ex-England cricketer Peter Roebuck told yesterday how he was "groomed" online.
Itai Gondo, 26, claimed TV pundit Roebuck spent days on Facebook luring him into a meeting, signing himself "dad" and offering to help with college fees.
But Gondo told police he was subjected to a sex attack after meeting at a hotel in Cape Town, South Africa. And Roebuck, 55, leapt 70ft to his death after officers arrived to arrest him. The alleged victim, a cash-strapped refugee from Zimbabwe, was left so traumatised he considered taking his OWN life.
He waived his right to anonymity to reveal the events — but preferred not to show his face to the camera.
IT student Gondo approached Roebuck through a uni pal who knew one of 17 "adopted sons" who live at the cricket expert's home in Pietermaritzburg.
He agreed to a meeting after a series of web chats, unaware Roebuck got a 2001 suspended sentence for beating three young men's buttocks with a cane.
During the exchanges, Roebuck — in Cape Town for a Test match — invited Gondo to call him "dad", spoke of his devotion to his "sons" and offered his help. But when Gondo agreed to meet, he signed off saying: "OK my boy, bring stick in case I need to beat you!"
Gondo claimed they chatted for two hours in a plush suite before Roebuck pinned him to the bed and launched a sickening sex assault. Gondo said: "I was in shock and told myself that it couldn't be happening."
The attack only stopped when Gondo's phone rang and bachelor Roebuck apologised.
The horrified student fled, but received a Facebook message from Roebuck next day saying: "Worried bout u, hope u ok."
Gondo replied days later, telling him: "One day the long arm of the law will catch up with your evil misdeeds."
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Missing the next three CAFC games and I'm expecting six points and a place in the thrid round of the FA Cup by the time I return!
Not my favourite paper but this was in today's Sun.
A STUDENT whose sex complaint sparked the suicide of ex-England cricketer Peter Roebuck told yesterday how he was "groomed" online.
Itai Gondo, 26, claimed TV pundit Roebuck spent days on Facebook luring him into a meeting, signing himself "dad" and offering to help with college fees.
But Gondo told police he was subjected to a sex attack after meeting at a hotel in Cape Town, South Africa. And Roebuck, 55, leapt 70ft to his death after officers arrived to arrest him. The alleged victim, a cash-strapped refugee from Zimbabwe, was left so traumatised he considered taking his OWN life.
He waived his right to anonymity to reveal the events — but preferred not to show his face to the camera.
IT student Gondo approached Roebuck through a uni pal who knew one of 17 "adopted sons" who live at the cricket expert's home in Pietermaritzburg.
He agreed to a meeting after a series of web chats, unaware Roebuck got a 2001 suspended sentence for beating three young men's buttocks with a cane.
During the exchanges, Roebuck — in Cape Town for a Test match — invited Gondo to call him "dad", spoke of his devotion to his "sons" and offered his help. But when Gondo agreed to meet, he signed off saying: "OK my boy, bring stick in case I need to beat you!"
Gondo claimed they chatted for two hours in a plush suite before Roebuck pinned him to the bed and launched a sickening sex assault. Gondo said: "I was in shock and told myself that it couldn't be happening."
The attack only stopped when Gondo's phone rang and bachelor Roebuck apologised.
The horrified student fled, but received a Facebook message from Roebuck next day saying: "Worried bout u, hope u ok."
Gondo replied days later, telling him: "One day the long arm of the law will catch up with your evil misdeeds."
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/541169.html
Another view from one of his former students.
Thanks Len, I had not seen that.
What a brilliantly written article.
Have a read of this, looks like Chirpy was right after all!