Money delays Cape top cops' corruption trial
2016-08-13 07:20Tammy Petersen, News24
Cape Town - The pre-trial hearing of three of former Western Cape police commissioner Arno Lamoer’s co-accused was postponed in the Cape Town High Court on Friday.
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| Suspended provincial police commissioner Arno Lamoer outside the Western Cape High Court. (Tammy Petersen, News24) |
They still needed to make arrangements to pay their lawyer.
Lamoer and three brigadiers - Darius van der Ross, Sharon Govender and her husband, Colin Govender, together with businessman Salim Dawjee face 109 charges of corruption, racketeering and money laundering involving R1.6m.
The high-ranking officers allegedly received cash and expensive gifts from Dawjee in exchange for special treatment.
Lamoer was appointed to the post in November 2010 and retired in November 2015. He had been in the service for 25 years.
The court on Friday heard that Van der Ross and the Govenders would pay their lawyer Pete Mihalik with money to be taken from their ..
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