Owake waba yilungu leSouth African Police Services (SAPS) ugwetshwe iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili ebhadla ejele yiSpecialized Commercial Crimes Court ePalm Ridge ngoMsombuluko ngokwamukela isifumbathiso sika-R5 000 ukuze kwenziwe uphenyo.
Icala elibhekene noGregory Edmund Beck, 68, lisukela esikhalweni esifakwe ngoDisemba 2014 ehhovisi likaKhomishana wesifundazwe mayelana nokungaphathwa kahle kwecala lamaphoyisa eVereeniging.
Okhulumela iNational Prosecuting Authority, uPhindi Mjonondwane, uthe kuvele ukuthi uBeck, owayeyiphoyisa ngaleso sikhathi, wayefuna ukugwazelwa ngo-R5 000 ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi uphenyo luphothulwa ngendlela.
“Ummangali, oqale wathembisa ukuthi uzokhipha imali ayeyicelile ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, wabika ngenkohlakalo ka-Beck efunwa uphiko lwe-SAPS Anti-Corruption Unit. Eziphendulela ihhovisi likaMqondisi wezokuShushiswa koMphakathi (DPP) eGoli ligunyaze umkhankaso wokumbopha ukuze abanjwe oqotsheni,” kusho uMjonondwane.
UMjonondwane uthe ngoMashi 4, 2015 ummangali ephelezelwa amaphoyisa, bahlangana noBeck endaweni yokudlela yasendaweni.
“Ngalo mhlangano ummangali wakhipha u-R5 000 wabe eseboshwa u-Beck, imali yatholwa kuye.”
UMjonondwane uthe enkantolo, u-Beck akaliphikanga icala, nokho, u-Advocate woMbuso uTerrence Zitha wethula ubufakazi obuqand’ ikhanda obuveza ukuthi uyabandakanyeka kuleli cala.
“U-Advocate Zitha waphikisa isigwebo esiqinile, wathi kufanele kube nesibonelo esiqinile ukuze kugwenywe ukuziphatha okufanayo esikhathini esizayo.”
Ngesikhathi ikhipha isigwebo, inkantolo ivume irekhodi lika-Beck lenkonzo eliyingqayizivele ngaphakathi kwa-SAPS kodwa yagcizelela ukuthi izenzo zakhe zobugebengu zazibangelwa ukuhaha.
“Inkantolo iphethe ngokuthi kumele ajeziswe ngendlela efanele ngenxa yokungathembeki kwakhe njengesisebenzi sikahulumeni,” kwengeza uMjonondwane.