IPID officers, O'Sullivan and Trent charged with 'racketeering'
8 November 2017
Johannesburg - The police's apparent fight-back campaign to protect former acting commissioner Khomotso Phahlane was upped a notch on Wednesday morning when several charges related to racketeering were laid against IPID investigators and forensic investigators.
The charges against forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan, his assistant attorney Sarah-Jane Trent, and IPID officers Mandlakayise Mahlangu and Temane Binang, were served to them in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court.
Thirty-four charges have been brought against them.
They were appearing in the court on Wednesday to face previous charges laid against them, related to allegedly impersonating a police officer, fraud, extortion and contravention of the IPID Act, which they were charged with during their investigation into Phahlane.