Cop in court over uniforms
2012-04-05 15:32
Cape Town - Police captain Esmeralda Bailey appeared in the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Cape Town on Thursday, on eight charges including corruption.
Bailey was allegedly caught in a police trap illegally selling police uniforms, firearms and ammunition.
She faces charges of corruption, possession of ammunition and drugs, as well as five counts of defeating the ends of justice.
According to the charge sheet, the Western Cape Directorate for Public Prosecutions (DPP) authorised a police trap in which an undercover police official allegedly paid her R4 500 for a tog bag containing a police cap and a reflector jacket, a pair of police socks, a police shirt, two pairs of police trousers and ammunition.
On the corruption charge she is alleged to have received the R4 500 "gratification".
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