By Nomava Nobumba
13 November 2009
A 21 year old Mitchell’s Plain man has been charged with defeating the ends of justice after he suddenly withdrew his statement about the killing of a local crime fighter, Mervin Jacobs.
The charges were then provisionally dropped on Wednesday in court against Mario Abrahams and Bradley Hess.
The pair was arrested last month after a so called witness voluntarily made the statement implicating the two to the murder.
He also pointed Abrahams and Hess in an identity parade.
Mitchell’s Plain station commander Jeremy Veary says the decision was taken after they were instructed to do so by superiors.
“We received a call from the Director of Public Prosecutions that he must be charged,” said Veary.
Veary also mentioned that there are allegations from the community of collusion between the Mitchells Plain SAPS members and the gangsters from the area.
“It is alleged that the police with gangster led to the charges being dropped,” he said.
Jacobs was the second crime fighter to be killed in the area after Vincent Naidoo was also gunned down while on duty.
13 November 2009
A 21 year old Mitchell’s Plain man has been charged with defeating the ends of justice after he suddenly withdrew his statement about the killing of a local crime fighter, Mervin Jacobs.
The charges were then provisionally dropped on Wednesday in court against Mario Abrahams and Bradley Hess.
The pair was arrested last month after a so called witness voluntarily made the statement implicating the two to the murder.
He also pointed Abrahams and Hess in an identity parade.
Mitchell’s Plain station commander Jeremy Veary says the decision was taken after they were instructed to do so by superiors.
“We received a call from the Director of Public Prosecutions that he must be charged,” said Veary.
Veary also mentioned that there are allegations from the community of collusion between the Mitchells Plain SAPS members and the gangsters from the area.
“It is alleged that the police with gangster led to the charges being dropped,” he said.
Jacobs was the second crime fighter to be killed in the area after Vincent Naidoo was also gunned down while on duty.
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