Rehab centre horror

INQUEST: OWNER ALLEGEDLY SEEN DUMPING DEAD BABY IN A PLASTIC BAG

- Hein Kaiser

Allegations have emerged against the owner of Tetelestai Recovery Centre (TRC), Donovan de Klerk, after a motorist claims to have witnessed him dumping items into a stormwater drain near the South Coast rehabilitation facility.

The motorist is well acquainted with De Klerk.

The motorist inspected the drain after De Klerk was gone and said he found CCTV cameras and cables, as well as a stillborn or late-term foetus wrapped in a blue plastic bag.

The witness said they initially used a phone camera to record inside the drain before reaching in.

"I was like, let me not open it with my hands. I took my long-nose pliers and my normal pliers and I tore the bag open.

"As I tore it open, I saw what looked like fresh blood. And at that point, I stood back and thought to myself 'what the f**k'."