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EWN reports that two Cape Town police officers have been arrested for allegedly replacing a suspect with a random person.
The officers were charged with defeating the administration of justice and kidnapping. The original suspect was arrested for housebreaking and theft and was detained at the Maitland Police Station at the end of May. He managed to escape when he was taken to Somerset Hospital for medical care. After failing to track him down, the two officers arrested another man off the street and booked him in at the police station to take on the identity of the escaped suspect. SA Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson, Captain Frederick van Wyk, said that the next day a detective realised the arrested person did not fit the description of the original suspect. After investigation by the anti-corruption unit, it was decided by public prosecution to charge the SAPS members.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Kevin Brandt at EWN
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