Judgment expected for KZN police spin doctor
2014-11-05 07:53
Johannesburg - Judgment is expected to be handed down on Wednesday, in
the case of former KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Vincent Mdunge, accused of
presenting a fake matric certificate when he joined the police in 1987.
Mdunge's case was postponed in the Durban
Regional Court on 15 October because magistrate Thandeka Fikeni had another
case on the same day.
The former spokesperson faces three charges
of fraud and one of uttering.
Prosecutor Barend Groen argued that Mdunge
failed matric in 1985 and wrote supplementary exams in 1986, which he also
failed.
He argued the matric certificate that Mdunge
used was a fake, had been tampered with and that the examination number on the
certificate was in fact Mdunge's Standard 8 examination number.
Mdunge's lawyer, advocate Saleem Khan, argued
that the education department had made an error on the certificate, and Mdunge
should not be held liable for this.
Referring to the examination number, he said
it was used for Standard 8 and that it had nothing to do with the year a
student wrote an exam.
Mdunge's former teacher told the court in May
that he personally handed Mdunge a matric certificate.
- SAPA
