BENT COP: Cape Town cop convicted of murder, supplying intelligence to the 28s Mobsters gang
A Western Cape High Court judgment has laid bare the danger of organised crime penetrating the very institution tasked with fighting it.
A Western Cape High Court judgment has revealed the disturbing infiltration of organised crime into the South African Police Service (SAPS). Former SAPS constable Alfonso Cloete was convicted of murder and supplying intelligence to alleged Mobsters gang boss Elcardo Adams. The murder of Chevonne de Wet, who was shot dead while sitting in a vehicle with her three-year-old child, is among the four murders Cloete was convicted of.
Adams was also convicted of three other murders. The court found Cloete's betrayal of his oath of office and duty to the public to be a disgrace, highlighting the danger of police collusion with criminal networks.
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