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CORRECTION: Police officer arrested in Uber rape case on charge of taking a bribe from suspects

Picture Credit: inbatmania.com
Picture Credit: inbatmania.com

A police officer has been arrested for allegedly taking a bribe in connection with the case of an Uber driver and his accomplices accused of attacking passengers.

“The investigating officer is a dedicated member of the South African Police Service and now feels embarrassed (by the incorrect information in our story).

“The investigating officer is the one who arrested a corrupt member of the service who colluded with the suspects to derail the investigation on the case.”

We apologise to the investigating officer and to Col Dlamini for the error.

A corrected version of the article follows here:

A police officer has been arrested for allegedly taking a bribe in connection with the case of an Uber driver and his accomplices accused of attacking passengers.

This emerged in the Randburg Magistrates Court where the driver and three other suspects appeared this week on charges of kidnapping‚ robbing and sexually assaulting passengers in the Johannesburg area recently.

The police officer appeared separately in the Kempton Park Magistrates Court on charges of corruption.

“He was arrested about two months ago and has appeared in court a number of times. He will be back in court again soon‚” police spokesman Lungelo Dlamini said.

The police officer was allegedly bribed by two of the suspects to avoid being charged.

He was arrested by the investigating officer working on the Uber case.

The suspects and the driver are part of a gang that is being charged with attacking Uber passengers using the same modus operandi.

In one incident‚ a passenger was attacked after she called for an Uber taxi to collect her from Montecasino in August. Upon entering the taxi‚ the woman said two men who had been hiding in the boot pushed through the back seat and attacked her. She was allegedly taken to a deserted area were she was raped‚ assaulted and robbed. She was billed for the ride by Uber.

The woman’s lawyer‚ Ulrich Roux‚ said: “The details of the police officer’s arrest are a bit sketchy‚ on my part. The Gauteng police made the arrest. He is facing corruption charges… We have welcomed the arrest and we believe justice will prevail in this matter“.

 

 

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