Female traffic officer in court for religious leader’s kidnapping

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A female traffic police officer, 29, from Daveyton in Ekurhuleni was among the three people who appeared on Thursday at the Benoni magistrate’s court on charges of kidnapping a religious leader.

The three appeared looking nervous, wearing buffer masks covering their faces. The traffic officer arrived wearing a big black hoodie and track pants, while the two male suspects covered their faces with their hands, facing the floor throughout the court proceedings.

Their matter was postponed to December 7 for further consultation with legal representatives and for an identity parade. After reading out the docket in court and officially charging the suspects, magistrate Leonie Sheppard said that all the suspects, including the ones who were not in court, were facing serious charges and would have to make a compelling case for the court to consider bail.

“A schedule six offence is a high rating criminal offence and that on its own means a suspect should present compelling evidence and circumstances for bail to be granted,” said Sheppard.“The nature of the offences and assault means you will get no conviction less than that should the court find all of you guilty,” she said.

The suspects are all SA nationals aged between 29 and 72 years of age. One of them is a cash-in-transit robber who was out on bail.

 

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