Fired cop probed for more crimes
May 13 2013 at 10:49am
By Natasha Bezuidenhout
By Natasha Bezuidenhout
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Amanda
Sheleni arrested for attempted housebreaking is being investigated for other
crimes she may have been involved in, police say.
Cape Town - A
former Steenberg police officer arrested for attempted housebreaking is being
investigated for other crimes she may have been involved in, police say.
Amanda Sheleni
was arrested after she was found to be the driver of a getaway car used by an
alleged gang of smash-and-grab perpetrators last month.
The former
policewoman was fired from the police force last year and is being investigated
for several other possible criminal cases.
Police
spokesman Captain FC van Wyk said: “She was already dismissed from her job last
year in December for a separate criminal case.
“It is the
second time that she has been arrested for being involved in criminal
activity.”
He said police
were investigating how many other cases the 30-year-old could possibly be
connected to.
“She will be
dealt with according to the full extent of the law.
“We don’t know
how many cases she was involved in,” said Van Wyk.
On April 23,
Sheleni’s two alleged accomplices were arrested for attempted housebreaking in
the city centre at a car dealership.
Police arrested
the pair with the help of the City of Cape Town’s closed circuit television
system.
The next day,
Sheleni, who was driving a Toyota Yaris, was arrested.
According to
media reports, the three suspects were caught on camera as they tried to smash
their way into a car dealership. One of the suspects picked up what appeared to
be a large brick and threw it at the shop window.
Sheleni was
allegedly captured on camera driving the getaway car away from the scene.
According to
police, the modus operandi used by the three suspects was to approach the
premises of a business, smash a window and grab whatever was of value.
The trio were
denied bail at the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court last month and are due in court
on May 30.
natasha.bezuidenhout@inl.co.za
Cape Argus
