'Barbie' fully rehabilitated, says mom
2013-02-22 12:06
Johannesburg - Cezanne Visser, the former advocate who
became known as "Advocate Barbie", has discovered new meaning in her
life in Pretoria Central Prison, her mother Susan Lemmer told Beeld.
"She has adapted well, established incredible
relationships in jail and broadened her life experience irrevocably,"
Lemmer said on Thursday.
"Cezanne has experienced Christian forgiveness, even
though she has not yet had the opportunity to ask her victims for
forgiveness."
On Thursday, Visser was part of a dance group that performed
at the ceremonial opening of the Department of Correctional Service's national
soccer tournament, called Afcon Behind Bars.
The event was opened by Tom Moyane, the national
commissioner of correctional services.
Lemmer was adamant that her daughter had been fully
rehabilitated, even though the parole board recently, for the second time,
rejected her daughter's request to convert the remainder of her sentence to
corrective supervision.
The parole board decided Visser was still not adequately
rehabilitated, after the North Gauteng High Court ordered them to re-examine
her request.
Visser is presently serving a seven-year jail term for
indecently assaulting young girls and women, the manufacture and possession of
child pornography, and defrauding a children's home.
- SAPA
