Officials have identified incomplete investigations and delays in obtaining forensic reports as some of the factors affecting such cases.
CAPE TOWN - Provincial and national community safety authorities are collaborating on a plan to ensure that violent crimes make it through the courts without excessive delays.
The Western Cape Community Safety Department has started a programme called Watching Briefs which observes the progress of gang-related cases. A recent report reveals that between October and December more than 300 cases were struck off the court roll.“The good news is that Cele has accepted our Watching Briefs programme. The programme will monitor certain court cases, once police have made an arrest, and ensure that they are effectively dealt with.”In the first tragedy, a woman’s body was found hidden in her brother’s shack in Bloekombos.
The accused was arrested shortly after his sister’s body was found buried in a hole under his bed in a shack in Bloekombos.Meanwhile, police nabbed four people in connection with the murder of a man whose body was discovered in an open field near the De Nova Youth Treatment Centre on Monday morning.
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