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News – South Africa: Police Corruption: Another police big fish is arrested

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Original Post Date: 2008-07-17 Time: 04:00:05  Posted By: Jan

By Alex Eliseev

The dominoes are tumbling in the case that saw six police officers arrested for armed robbery.

Now, a superintendent has been brought before court and added as an accused.

Implicated in the violent robbery at a Wynberg, Joburg, factory are four police student constables, a reservist sergeant, a captain with 28 years’ service and the superintendent.

All are from the Alexandra police station.

Those said to have committed the robbery on April 13 were on duty, in full uniform and used a marked police van.

According to their victims, they sprayed teargas into their faces, and handcuffed and beat them.

The owners and staff of CRH Continental were robbed of wallets, watches, cellphones, computers and tools.

On Tuesday, Superintendent Iyani Johannes Nethononde, 44, was arrested and made his first appearance at the Wynberg magistrate’s court.

He is a release commander at the station and was apparently responsible for assigning vehicles on the night. He has more than 20 years’ service.

Nethononde is due to apply for bail on Friday in the same court where Captain Nathaniel Ramahotswa, 47, was granted R10 000 bail last week.

Both the senior officers were not at the scene of the robbery but have allegedly been implicated by phone calls.

During his bail application, Ramahotswa pinned the blame on the reservist, claiming he had fallen for the sergeant’s bogus tipoff about copper theft. He also blamed his fake informer.

Nethononde is also expected to make a statement during his bail application that could see more finger-pointing.

Two civilians are to stand trial with the officers.

Earlier this month, official police statistics revealed a sharp rise in business robberies across the country during the past year.

    • Source: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=vn20080716063003677C135422