Former Hawks official, Major General Johan Booysen, says he is still angry and that the word"relief" was not the correct word to use to describe how he felt about the withdrawal of charges against him and his co-accused in the Cato Manor Death Squad saga.
The withdrawal came after new National Prosecuting Authority head Shamila Batohi announced on Tuesday last week that the racketeering charges would be withdrawn on the basis of a panel recommendation.There were tears and hugs were exchanged in the public gallery moments after court adjourned. "To say I am relieved, I don't think it is an appropriate statement to make. I don't feel we had done anything wrong. I feel angry [about] the way the prosecutors protected their political masters. We were portrayed as villains and the criminals who died in shootouts with these members were portrayed as [victims]."
Reading out a statement on behalf of all the officers, Penny Katz said the arrests were carried out in a cavalier fashion.
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