4 black South African Police Service constables
convicted in Cape High Court for kidnapping, armed robbery of Milnerton
businessman April 2010 praise for d/sgt Edward Edwardes for catching organised
crooked-cop gang
14:53 Jun 12 2012 Milnerton, West Cape
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4 black SAPS officers get 48 yrs prison: Cape High
Court: kidnapped, robbed Milnerton businessman April 2010:
http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=29680
http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=29680
D/Sgt Edward Edwardes, who was praised for helping to put four colleagues behind bars. Photograph by WO Siyabulela Vukubi (Maitland SAPS)
Four police officers were sentenced to a total of 48 years imprisonment by the Cape High Court for serious and violent crimes.
Constables Solomzi Gcanga, 35, Zolelani Mdekazi, 31, (both from Gugulethu SAPS), Thandikhaya Mdingi, 36, and Andile Mziwakhe, 37, (both from Athlone SAPS) were convicted of robbery with aggravating circumstances, armed robbery and kidnapping. They were jailed to 12 years each on 6 June 2012.
The Cape High Court found that the police members went to a house in Rugby (Milnerton) in April 2010. Dressed in civilian clothes, they identified themselves as members of the Provincial Organised Crime Unit.
The four police members searched the house and told the homeowner that they were searching for drugs. During the search they found a leather bag belonging to the complainant, and took an undisclosed amount of cash from the bag.
The accused went to a bedroom and ordered the complainant to open his safe. He refused and they assaulted him until he opened the safe. They took an undisclosed amount of cash.
The four constables then ordered the businessman to open his shop. But he told them that the shop’s key was with his assistant who lived in Khayelitsha.
The members then drove to Khayelitsha with the complainant where they pushed him out of the vehicle and drove off.
The Maitland Police Management lauded the good work by the investigating officer, D/Sgt Edward Edwardes, “...who worked tirelessly in making sure that justice is served...”
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