A VICTIM of convicted child molester Cezanne Visser hanged herself from a tree in Botswana at the weekend, a Johannesburg newspaper reported yesterday

The body of Jeannine du Plessis, 21, was found in an open field on Sunday morning. Her father, Pieter du Plessis, told the Afrikaans daily: “This is all Cezanne and Dirk’s fault,” referring to Dirk Prinsloo, Visser’s co-accused.

Du Plessis, who had a 15-month-old baby girl, was battling heroin addiction and was in rehabilitation and suffering from severe withdrawal symptoms, said her mother, Marie du Plessis.

“She herself said in court that if it was not for Cezanne, she would never have started using drugs,” said Marie du Plessis.

Jeannine was in Botswana with the father of her child who was doing contract work there.

She was one of the girls from a children’s home who Visser lured to Prinsloo’s house. – Sapa