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The Apartheid Killer: 5. The Trial

2024/8/19
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多米尼克·琼斯
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路易斯·范·斯科尔
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路易斯·范·斯科尔:坚称自己无罪,声称是在自卫,并试图通过在法庭上表现得有礼貌和自信来给法官留下好印象。他否认了所有指控,并试图将责任推卸给受害者。 多米尼克·琼斯:作为唯一一位全程出席审判的记者,他见证了整个审判过程,并对法官的判决感到失望,认为法官没有看到范·斯科尔犯罪的整体情况。他认为,范·斯科尔的案件反映了种族主义和社会不公正的问题。 阿方索·哈丁:检察官,他试图通过收集大量证据,包括幸存者的证词,来证明范·斯科尔的罪行。他发现警方丢失了大量证据,并最终通过对爱德华·萨尼斯案的仔细分析,找到了关键证据,推翻了范·斯科尔的证词。 约翰·韦塞尔斯:范·斯科尔的辩护律师,他试图通过攻击受害者的品格和信誉,来破坏检方证人的可信度。他成功地让法官相信了证人们不可信,导致检方许多指控被撤销。 法官:在审判中,法官对黑人证人的证词表示怀疑,但最终还是认定范·斯科尔犯有七项谋杀罪,并给予了他相对宽松的判决。他谴责了范·斯科尔的冷酷无情,但没有充分考虑整个事件的背景和范·斯科尔犯罪的系统性问题。 旁白:旁白对整个事件进行了概述,并补充了一些背景信息,例如范·斯科尔的农场被纵火,以及他得到一些白人精英阶层的支持。旁白还强调了受害者家属的痛苦和司法不公的问题。

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Following a disastrous inquest, Louis van Schoor quits his security guard job and starts a dairy farm. His peaceful life is disrupted when he's arrested on multiple murder charges and his farm is firebombed, forcing him to sell everything and prepare for a major trial.
  • Van Schoor transitioned from security guard to dairy farmer.
  • He was arrested on his farm and charged with numerous murders.
  • His farm was firebombed, leading to financial ruin.
  • The trial is set to be one of the largest in South African history.

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The reckoning of Louis van Schoor. Can justice be done or would he be cleared of the killings? This is the inside story of what was one of South Africa’s biggest criminal trials – van Schoor faces multiple charges of murder. We hear the original audio tapes from the courtroom. The police said that he was justified in using maximum force.

Since this episode was recorded, it has been announced that Louis van Schoor died, on 25 July 2024. There will be more about this in the final episode. This was a four-year investigation and the interviews with Louis van Schoor were recorded in 2022 and 2023.

Please note, this episode of World of Secrets includes descriptions of violence, which some listeners may find distressing.

Season 3 of World of Secrets is a collaboration with the BBC World Service investigations unit, Africa Eye. Here’s a link to the BBC Africa Eye film, which we recommend you watch after listening to this podcast: https://youtu.be/QPB42_uLLh0 If you are in the UK, you can watch on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021dvm

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