After months of investigation and back and forth denials, the former Western Cape commissioner of police, Arno Lamoer, pleaded guilty to certain charges of corruption, money laundering and extortion.
This stems from allegations that Lamoer and the state would enter into an agreement.
Experts are concerned about the fact that he may only plead guilty to some of the 108 cases and then get away with a light sentence.
Brigadiers Darius van der Ross, Sharon Govender and Govender’s husband Colin, face the charges with Lamoer.
The policeman on the street now asks whether there is somewhere in the top structures an honest police officer?
Meanwhile, ten suspects, including three police officers, appeared in court on Fochville and Virginia on charges that they provided explosives to suspects involved in ATM and cash in transit explosions and robberies.
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