Former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli and co-accused Mthembeni Mthunzi are expected to appear in the Palm Ridge High Court on Tuesday.
The two face charges of intimidation, kidnapping, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and defeating the ends of justice. Judgement will be delivered in the accused’s section 174 application for a discharge.
On July 26, Mdluli and the former policeman appeared for the 15-year-old case relating to the 1999 kidnapping and murder of Oupa Ramogibe.
Ramogibe allegedly received death threats after marrying Mdluli’s former girlfriend. He was warned to leave her or he would be killed. Ramogibe had reported the threats to the police before he was killed. A case of attempted murder had been opened by the police.
At the time, Mdluli was the station commander of the Vosloorus police station in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, and was accused of sabotaging the investigation. Mdluli denied the allegations.
In November 2012, an inquest into the killing of Ramogibe cleared Mdluli of any involvement in the murder.
The charges of kidnapping and assault relate to allegations that he intimidated and assaulted the family and friends of his ex-girlfriend to find out where she had moved to when she got married.
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