Former police Captain sentenced to seven years in jail

South African Police Service

In a case of the SAPS investigating its own members in a bid to rid the service of corrupt elements, two Captains attached to the Grassy Park SAPS were charged with fraud and forgery in 2014 after reports emerged of them forging documents, taking money handed in as exhibits and replacing it with counterfeit notes.

During the trial one of the suspects died. The second suspect, Captain August (50) was convicted on charges of fraud and uttering. Today he was sentenced to seven years imprisonment.

The Western Cape SAPS management has welcomed the sentence.

Western Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Khombinkosi Jula, commended both the investigation and prosecution teams.

“We trust the sentence will serve as a deterrent to other police officials. We undertake to root out corrupt elements from within the ranks of the SAPS,” says Lieutenant General Jula.

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SOURCESouth African Police Service