{"id":46193,"date":"2022-08-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricavoice.com\/?guid=fa97d73f6667f32fa341823758fc10d4"},"modified":"2022-08-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T00:00:00","slug":"police-constable-bust-for-extortion-and-granted-bail-of-r1-000-00","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricavoice.com\/police-constable-bust-for-extortion-and-granted-bail-of-r1-000-00\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Constable bust for extortion and granted bail of R1 000-00"},"content":{"rendered":"
THABONG – The police Constable allegedly approached the victim and accused him of raping a female. The victim was threatened with arrest and that the sentence of rape would be 25 years\u2019 in jail if he does not pay the amount of R100 000-00.<\/P>
In June 2022, the member accompanied the victim to the bank and money that amounts to R100 000-00 was transferred to the bank account that he was given.<\/P>
A case of Extortion was registered and assigned to Provincial Anti-Corruption Unit. The team arrested 35-year-old police Constable attached to Thabong Visible Policing on 16 August 2022, at 10:00.<\/P>
The Constable appeared in the Welkom Magistrate Court on 17 August 2022 and was granted bail of R1000-00. The case against Constable Mosimanegape Samuel Seleke was postponed until 31 August 2022 as more arrests are imminent.<\/P>
The Provincial Commissioner of the Free State, Lt Gen Baile Motswenyane said; “It\u2019s so heart-breaking when you hear about the arrest of one of our own, but at the same time a police officer is expected to always uphold the Code of Conduct. We will continue to root out members who are alleged to have been involved in criminal activities.\u201d<\/P>
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Source: South African Police Service<\/P>
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THABONG – The police Constable allegedly approached the victim and accused him of raping a female. The victim was threatened with arrest and that the sentence of rape would be 25 years\u2019 in jail if he does not pay the amount of R100 000-00.In June 2022…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n