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ICD ARREST A SAPS WARRANT OFFICER FOR ROBERRY
AND DEFEATING THE COURSE OF JUSTICE: KAKAMAS CAS
03/08/2010
Media Statement
11 August 2010
On 05 August 2010, the Independent Complaints
Directorate (ICD) arrested Warrant Officer HJ
George of Kakamas SAPS in the Northern Cape for
Robbery and Defeating the Course of Justice.
The allegations are that Warrant Officer HJ
George of the Kakamas SAPS, whilst on leave,
went to the station to assist to trace another
SAPS member in the area. He went out patrolling
in the Kakamas area with a reservist.
It is alleged that he then stopped persons
walking in the street and upon assaulting them,
took money to the value of R 35-00 and a wallet
containing R 150-00. He also detained the
persons in the SAPS vehicle. He later
dropped-off the complainants at a nearby
hospital and returned the wallet to the owner
without the money.
It is further alleged that upon hearing that a
case of robbery had been opened for
investigation, Warrant Officer George approached
the complainants and offered to pay them back
the money if they withdrew the case. He
apparently paid the complainants an amount of R
250-00. The suspect is alleged to have also made
threats to the Reservist and warned him against
giving a statement to the authorities.
The ICD investigated the matter, subsequent to
which a case of Defeating the Course of Justice
was opened against the suspect. Officer George
was arrested on 05 August 2010 and detained at
Upington police station. He appeared at the
Kakamas Magistrates Court in Kakamas on 10
August 2010. The suspect is also currently out
on bail of R 15000-00 for crimes of a similar
nature.
The ICD will oppose bail when the suspect
appears in court on 13 August 2010 for a formal
bail application.
