The SAPS component head of the serious and violent crime unit says when the dockets from the political killings task team (PKTT) were removed from KwaZulu-Natal and taken to Pretoria under the instructions of Shadrack Sibiya, she identified shortcomings, such as prosecutors’ instructions being defied.
Maj-Gen Mary Motsepe said the dockets had to be audited and taken back immediately, but they ended up in her office, where she inspected some of them.
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“Twenty-three suspects were identified by witnesses, but these suspects were not arrested. One case was withdrawn by a witness because a suspect was released on bail and [the] witness feared for their life.
“Four cases were found nolle prosequi (charges were dropped) because the public prosecutor’s instructions were not complied with. In one case, the suspects were identified during an identity parade and were not arrested.
“In one docket a suspect was arrested without the prosecutor’s instruction in the docket,” she said.
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