NPA concerned over criminal charges facing prosecutor

The National Prosecuting Authority has expressed concern over reports that one of its prosecutors, Alpheus Shai, is facing a variety of criminal charges. The charges include drunken driving, resisting arrest, failing to stop at the scene of an accident and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Shai allegedly bit off the tip of police officer Isaac Mampani's finger during an incident at the weekend. Surgeons tried to reattach Mampani’s fingertip after he drove himself to the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg.