Cop charged for docket theft
BLOEMFONTEIN –
A female South African Police Service (SAPS) lieutenant was released on R3000
bail after she appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for
allegedly stealing police dockets from court. According to police spokesman,
Captain Chaka Marope, Patricia Pitt who is stationed at the Parkweg Police
Station was arrested on Monday along with a local businessman who faced charges
of rape.
“Information
revealed that the officer allegedly stole five dockets at the Bloemfontein
Magistrate’s Court offices last week Tuesday. She allegedly used a false name
and collected the dockets which were being investigated by the Family Violence,
Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS), under the pretext of being one of
the investigators,” said Marope.
He added that
the arrested businessman was denied bail as he is an accused in one of the rape
case dockets that were stolen and he will reappear on September 28. Marope said
that it was suspected that the motive for the theft of dockets was to assist the
businessman to evade trial. The two accused face charges of theft and defeating
the ends of justice.
