Cape cops in court for corruption
2014-11-10 22:37
Cape Town - Ten Western
Cape police officials, based at the Parow police station in Cape Town, appeared
in the Bellville District Court on Monday.
The officials, who were
arrested at the weekend, face eight charges of corruption each, with the
amounts involved totalling in excess of R10 000.
State advocate Max Orban,
of the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court, alleges that on various
occasions last year, they falsely informed victims that drugs had been found on
their business premises, and demanded the immediate payment of fines to avoid
arrest.
Magistrate Cyril Croutz
released Percy Claassen, 46, Randall Phillips, 28, Nocilaas Ryk, 38, Muneer
Daniels, 29, Alvico Carolissen, 28, Divan Webster, 30, Dudley Abrahams, 37,
Casbeth Tsiri, 30, Thembalethu Mazimela, 29, and Samkelo Mnyanda, 27, on R5 000
bail each.
He warned them to appear in
court again on 15 January next year, and not to make contact, directly or
indirectly, with named prosecution witnesses.
The magistrate also warned
them that if they breached any of their bail conditions, their bail would be
forfeited to the State.
They would then be taken
back into custody until the finalisation of their case, he warned.
In due course, they will go
on trial before Magistrate Sabrina Sonnenberg, in the Bellville commercial
court in accordance with a directive issued by the Western Cape Directorate for
public prosecutions for all corruption cases involving the police or other
government officials.
The proceedings lasted
about 30 minutes.
Immediately afterwards, a
second, unrelated corruption case was called involving a Parow policewoman,
Mabel Segoete, 36.
Her case involves the theft
of a police investigation docket.
She was released on R1 000
bail, and was also warned to return to court on 15 January.
She, too, will in due
course go on trial in the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court.
- SAPA
