Police are working on reconstructing an attempted murder docket against Matome Dikgale after it went missing on Friday at the Palm Ridge magistrate's court, a day after he was denied bail.
The docket was allegedly stolen from a prosecutor's office on Thursday. Dikgale was arrested on September 27 after he allegedly sneaked into his wife's apartment and choked her in front their two children and a maid. Brig Mathapelo Peters confirmed that the case was reported and opened at Eden Park police station after the docket went missing.
"A case of theft of a docket has been opened and [an] investigation is underway," said Peters.
"The reconstruction of the docket is a priority and has already commenced and should be concluded fairly and swiftly, pending the full cooperation of all parties concerned."
Peters also said that the reconstruction process of a docket is an internal operational matter which the police cannot elaborate on.
Attempted murder docket stolen from court
Police are working on reconstructing an attempted murder docket against Matome Dikgale after it went missing on Friday at the Palm Ridge magistrate's court, a day after he was denied bail.
The docket was allegedly stolen from a prosecutor's office on Thursday. Dikgale was arrested on September 27 after he allegedly sneaked into his wife's apartment and choked her in front their two children and a maid. Brig Mathapelo Peters confirmed that the case was reported and opened at Eden Park police station after the docket went missing.
"A case of theft of a docket has been opened and [an] investigation is underway," said Peters.
"The reconstruction of the docket is a priority and has already commenced and should be concluded fairly and swiftly, pending the full cooperation of all parties concerned."
Peters also said that the reconstruction process of a docket is an internal operational matter which the police cannot elaborate on.