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Police secure further conviction in Human Organ Transplant case
The Commercial Crimes Unit in Durban has secured a further conviction in terms of the Human Tissue Act No 65 of 1983, bringing the total number of people convicted and sentenced for their involvement in illegal kidney transplants to the value of over R21 million to six (6).
Yesterday, the specially appointed prosecutor, Advocate Robin Palmer, announced that on Friday, 10 December 2010, a 76 year old man, Doctor Jeff Kallmeyer, paid an admission of guilt of R150 000. Dr Kallmeyer previously practiced from St Augustine's Hospital in Durban. He has since moved to and resides in Canada but this has not halted our efforts to prosecute him.
Kallmeyer had contravened 90 counts of Section 34 (a) of the Human Tissue Act in acting in common purpose with other persons by unlawfully acquiring, using or supplying kidneys of living persons in that the suppliers were paid for their kidneys in contravention of Section 28(1) of the said Act.
The case agaist the remaining accused, transplant surgeons Prof A Haffejee, John Robbs, Niel Christopher, Mahadev Naidoo and former Netcare empoyee's Lindy Dickson and Melanie Anzor has been remanded to 28th January 2011. The remand is to allow for further investigation to be done.