One of the four men accused of the savage assault and murder of South African student Hannah Cornelius has plastic pearls embedded in his penis, likely making the rape more painful.
Afrikaans news outlet Die Son reported Geraldo Parsons claimed the piercings were part of his Jewish culture and gave his girlfriend pleasure. A reporter for News24 tweeted that initial questions about the penis piercings raised objections, which were withdrawn, prompting Parsons to say the pearls were “his privacy”. The horrifying detail is the latest from the case, in which it was revealed yesterday that Cornelius’s parents were sent a begging letter by one of the gang rapists who killed her.
The letter was submitted as evidence on Tuesday, after a separate court decision deemed it to be admissible, and asked the parents: “Don’t be angry with me, please”. She had parked her blue VW Golf – a gift from her grandmother – outside his flat but as they parked a gang of four men attacked them, opening both doors. In grainy footage, Cornelius’ blue Volkswagen Golf was spotted driving from his block of flats at 3.40am. The car then appears on another CCTV camera at a petrol station an hour later. A female figure seen in the front seat is believed to be Ms Cornelius in the last moments she was seen alive.
Also on the CCTV, one of the men accused of her rape and murder is seen exiting the vehicle at a shop and attempting to withdraw money from Marsh’s account. In court previously, one of the four men accused broke down in court as he revealed the final plea she made to her attackers before being killed. Geraldo Parsons, along with his co-accused, originally pleaded not guilty to the murder of Cornelius, and attempted murder of her friend Cheslin Marsh, 22, near Cape Town last year. However, the 27-year-old’s story changed when he was called to the witness stand and made an unexpected confession.
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