'Hogwash!': Western Cape top cop Jeremy Vearey slams Sunday Times report on kidnapping and torture allegations
Cape Town - Major General Jeremy Vearey, the head of detectives in the Western Cape, has slammed as "hogwash" a Sunday Times report that he and Brigadier Cass Goolam face criminal charges including kidnapping, torture and defeating the ends of justice.
Vearey told IOL that the article was part of "a narrative constructed with the journalist who had an association with the rogue unit that General Jacobs said was unlawful and would require investigation. That rogue unit would be Crime Intelligence, which is still continuing its smear campaign." Referring to the Cato Manor "death squad" scandal, which saw a number of senior KZN police officers face criminal charges for allegedly being part of a group of rogue cops who reportedly used deadly force in their investigations, Vearey said this was part of a theme which the newspaper used. The 21 accused have all been cleared internally while the criminal case has been adjourned 20 times since 2012.
The charges against Dramat stemmed from allegations that while he was the head of the Hawks he, Gauteng Hawks head Shadrack Sibiya and top cop Captain Lesley Maluleke unlawfully handed Zimbabwean fugitives over to police from that country after arresting them in 2010. The charges, which were laid in 2016, were dropped in September last year.
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