ONE of the Hawks' most senior officers stands accused of stealing money from a suspected ATM bomber.
Colonel Obed Ngwenya, the commanding officer for Mpumalanga, appeared in the Mdutjana magistrate's court in Siyabuswa, north-east of Pretoria, on Monday on a charge of theft.
He was served with a notice of intent to suspend him, to which he has to respond by Friday. His theft case was postponed to next month.
Hawks spokesperson McIntosh Polela yesterday confirmed the charges against Ngwenya, who leads Mpumalanga's Hawks.
"We have served him with a letter of intension to suspend him and he has until Friday to make representations as to why he should not be suspended," Polela said.
Polela said Ngwenya was not arrested, but "ordered" to appear in court, and his case was postponed to July 8.
According to court records, he was released on a warning, and the case was postponed to allow the state to provide Ngwenya's lawyers with copies of witnesses' statements.
The charges against Ngwenya relate to R1800 which he allegedly stole from ATM bombing suspect Hector Shirley Sibanyoni, 28, during his arrest on April 6.
It is alleged that Sibanyoni had the money in his pocket but took it out and counted it in front of his family members and the police before handing it over to his brother for safekeeping before he was hauled off to the Middelburg police station for further questioning.
It is alleged that Ngwenya then returned to the house and demanded the money from Sibanyoni's brother.
Sibanyoni was later released without charge and his brother later allegedly told him that Ngwenya had returned for the money.
Sibanyoni then allegedly confronted Ngwenya and demanded his money back. But instead of returning it in full, Ngwenya allegedly deposited half of it into Sibanyoni's bank account and then reneged on a deal to refund the rest.
Sibanyoni then reported the matter to the police and also opened a charge of assault against several Hawks officers whom he claims placed a plastic bag over his head and beat him with a shoe in an attempt to extract information from him as he lay face-down with his hands cuffed behind his back at his home.
Hawks boss 'stole ATM suspect's cash'
ONE of the Hawks' most senior officers stands accused of stealing money from a suspected ATM bomber.
Colonel Obed Ngwenya, the commanding officer for Mpumalanga, appeared in the Mdutjana magistrate's court in Siyabuswa, north-east of Pretoria, on Monday on a charge of theft.
He was served with a notice of intent to suspend him, to which he has to respond by Friday. His theft case was postponed to next month.
Hawks spokesperson McIntosh Polela yesterday confirmed the charges against Ngwenya, who leads Mpumalanga's Hawks.
"We have served him with a letter of intension to suspend him and he has until Friday to make representations as to why he should not be suspended," Polela said.
Polela said Ngwenya was not arrested, but "ordered" to appear in court, and his case was postponed to July 8.
According to court records, he was released on a warning, and the case was postponed to allow the state to provide Ngwenya's lawyers with copies of witnesses' statements.
The charges against Ngwenya relate to R1800 which he allegedly stole from ATM bombing suspect Hector Shirley Sibanyoni, 28, during his arrest on April 6.
It is alleged that Sibanyoni had the money in his pocket but took it out and counted it in front of his family members and the police before handing it over to his brother for safekeeping before he was hauled off to the Middelburg police station for further questioning.
It is alleged that Ngwenya then returned to the house and demanded the money from Sibanyoni's brother.
Sibanyoni was later released without charge and his brother later allegedly told him that Ngwenya had returned for the money.
Sibanyoni then allegedly confronted Ngwenya and demanded his money back. But instead of returning it in full, Ngwenya allegedly deposited half of it into Sibanyoni's bank account and then reneged on a deal to refund the rest.
Sibanyoni then reported the matter to the police and also opened a charge of assault against several Hawks officers whom he claims placed a plastic bag over his head and beat him with a shoe in an attempt to extract information from him as he lay face-down with his hands cuffed behind his back at his home.
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