Businessman tells of South African prison rape that left him HIV positive

metro.co.uk ^ | 04/26/2012 | Fred Attewill

[massmike]

Sean Smith, a business partner of rugby star Gareth Thomas, said he was attacked up to eight times a day during his 19-month stay in St Alban’s jail after his arrest on suspicion of a multi-million-pound fraud.

The 42-year-old, was targeted in a cell he shared with 90 inmates in 2007.

‘They did it not just as part of gang dominance but in my case it was showing supremacy over a white man – I was the only one there,’ he said.

[cherry]

do not go into the lion's den...Africa may be wealthy with natural resources but its not worth your life nor your health...

you know what these people are...you know the stories about raping babies and young girls....what do these westerners think?..that they will be immune?

[timlot]

Wow am I the only one that got visual. Hard to read something and not visualize it. I wish I hadn’t.

[driftdiver]

I bet he wears a diaper now

[Amberdawn]

Yep, another black on white crime that happens regularly to inmates in America as well. God help this man.

[man_in_tx]

Did he say anything about some of them having “big sticks?”

[17th Miss Regt]

Were they shouting about “Justice for Trayvon”?

[17th Miss Regt]

Were they shouting about “Justice for Trayvon”?

[man_in_tx]

He should have read “Will” by G. Gordon Liddy, who survived similar conditions in a D.C. hellhole for his Watergate activities. He was ready to kill someone, if necessary, to send a message that he was not to be messed with. Not everyone is as tough as Liddy, however.

[man_in_tx]

I am old enough to remember when Teddy Kennedy and the Liberal Media made ousting the minority white government their holy grail.

I think the Liberals should be thrilled to spend some time there to see what a good thing they have accomplished. /s

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Piano wire. That’s all one needs to know. Love GGL.

[Baynative]

It doesn’t say if he was actually guilty of a crime. What a nightmare, either way.

[Surrounded_too]

South Africa is a socialist shitbox.

[ciaocotc]

South Africa is a racist, socialist shitbox.

[Lazlo in PA]

He was ready to kill someone, if necessary, to send a message that he was not to be messed with.

Liddy wasn't in a foreign prison with 90 local inmates in his cell. Going up to the biggest guy in the room and beating the hell out of him would not have done this dude a bit of good. He still would have been passed around. I have a feeling there is a different class of filth in an African prison.

[allmost]

Bump to post #14.

[GladesGuru]

“South Africa is a socialist shitbox.”

True, but something important is missing, therefore: “South Africa is a black, tribal, semi-savage, socialist shitbox.

[man_in_tx]

You are probably correct on all counts. However, I do remember Liddy describing seeing another (the only other, as I recall) white prisoner receiving similar treatment in his prison to that described in this article.

[Lazlo in PA]

Funny you brought that book up. I was reading a thread earlier on Chuck Colsons passing and posted that I read most of the Watergate peoples biographies years ago (I didn't read Deans because he is a lying sack of s) and the only thing that sticks out is the fact that both Colson and Liddy were appalled by the condition of the prison system. They weren't bleeding hearts so they must have had a point. Liddy's experience was far more fun to read as was the whole book. He is one tough, hard core bastard.

If I am going to get stuck sitting next to someone on a bar stool, Liddy is at the top of my list. He's got some stories.

[yank in the UK]

This is one of those it would be better to die fighting situations.