News24 reports that a Free State traffic officer has been sentenced to five years in prison on two counts of corruption.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Zweli Mohobeleli said Tshiya Desmond Pule, 43, was sentenced in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. "On 29 August 2017, a female complainant reported that Pule had demanded R500 gratification to avoid being arrested for a traffic violation. Upon investigation, it was discovered that the accused had also demanded R1,500 from another victim," said Mohobeleli. The court also declared Pule unfit to possess a firearm.
- Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Cebelihle Bhengu at News24
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