She said she had bought a car with the cash given to her by Barnard.April 2022 I became part of a What's App group D ESKADRON 1977-78 She admitted that she had shared in the proceeds of an alleged false currency transaction, in which Barnard and his accomplices allegedly tricked a former Pretoria attorney into paying them R200000. When I swear that I will tell the truth, I tell the truth," she said.Ībout her claims that Barnard had given her a stolen Mercedes-Benz to drive, which he eventually set alight, Badenhorst said it did not bother her to use a stolen car, because people who "were raised on the street were tough". She denied that her evidence was "a pack of lies" in order to get back at Barnard.
He was always using dagga and did not take care of her as she had hoped. However, she was very disappointed in him. She explained that she had twice left the witness protection programme to go back to Barnard because she felt desperate and depressed and did not know who else to turn to. He once told me that if he wanted to get to someone, he would sit back in Cape Town with a smile, while they fell in Johannesburg," she said.īadenhorst said she decided to talk because she was tired of all the lies and fraud and she wanted help for her drug problem. "When I left him and talked to the police and to the newspaper, I feared he would harm me. He often swore and screamed at her and humiliated her in front of her family. He did not allow her to have any friends, so she became totally dependent on him, and he supplied her with drugs on a regular basis. She said Barnard had also hit and abused her. She had tried to commit suicide at the time by slashing her wrists, but was stopped by her brother. She also admitted to breaking her stepmother's arm when she was in a state of severe depression.
She had once thrown a video machine at Barnard out of frustration, had tried to shoot him and had also chased him with a knife and scissors. She had also developed a serious drinking problem, for which she was still receiving treatment.īadenhorst admitted she had a violent temper. She said she had given up drugs when she left Barnard but admitted that, after telling her story and joining the witness protection programme, she had gone back to the streets to buy crack. She said her situation had come about out of desperation, because she wanted to get away from Barnard and from the drugs he had introduced her to. She had at first not considered the consequences of her actions but later, when she was interviewed by the police, she realised she had no choice but to talk as she had incriminated herself. She stressed her decision to sell her story to the newspaper Rapport for R50,000 had been motivated by financial considerations. She admitted that she felt bitter about the way Barnard had treated her - one cold winter when he refused to pay for her water and electricity and she had to cook her food on an open fire outside stood out in her memory - but said she had never meant to harm him. He was the only man she had ever trusted and even now, when she experienced times of stress, she always thought of Barnard first. The charges include the murder of human rights activist David Webster and the attempted murder of Justice Minister Dullah Omar in 1989.īadenhorst, 29, said she was scared of Barnard and his friends, but still loved him.
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PRETORIA FebruSAPA EX-GIRLFRIEND TELLS COURT OF LIFE OF ABUSE WITH FERDI BARNARDįormer CCB agent Ferdi Barnard's ex-girlfriend on Tuesday told the Pretoria High Court she had decided to testify about his activities because she felt driven by her conscience, and wanted to make amends to the people hurt by Barnard and herself.Īmore Badenhorst, who was the first witness called by the State in the trial of Barnard, on Tuesday faced lengthy cross-examination by Barnard's advocate, Faan Coetzee.īarnard has pleaded not guilty to 34 charges ranging from murder and attempted murder to fraud and intimidation.
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