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Nicco Dojon Pascal, 28, of Craneshill Drive, Bicester, was convicted at Oxford Crown Court on Friday. He pleaded guilty to three counts of being concerned in the supply of cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin, and one count of escaping lawful custody. He was sentenced to a jail for seven years and three months. The Class A drugs counts related to incidents  between April and September 2020, and the escape from lawful custody took place on August 13. Detective Inspector Aidan Donohoe, of the Priority Crime and Tasking Team at Banbury police station, said: "The Cherwell and West Oxfords...

Minister Lamola says NPA is not protecting white criminals By Mayibongwe Maqhina Share Cape Town - Minister Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola on Wednesday dismissed suggestions by the EFF that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) was not prosecuting former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste because it was protecting white criminals. Lamola said the NPA was not protecting black or white criminals. He made the comment when he was responding to a follow-up question during a question and answer session in the National Assembly. EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi had asked about the delay...

defenceWeb Written by SANews - 42 Police Minister Bheki Cele has called on KwaZulu-Natal communities to assist the South African Police Service track the killers of four officers murdered across the province in the past week. The Minister visited the province on Thursday following the brutal murders of Sergeant Makhosaze Mdlangathi, Sergeant Mfikelwa Mtolo, Constable Royal Mfihloyakhe Ndlovu and Constable Mbuso Nzimela. Mdlangathi and Mtolo, who were stationed at the Plessislar and Richmond stations, were gunned down in an ambush by unknown gunmen in Taylors Halt in the Umngungundlovu Distri...

Carl Niehaus was left with egg on his face when he was forced on Monday to retract parts of his affidavit to the reopened inquest into trade unionist Dr Neil Aggett’s death in detention at Johannesburg’s John Vorster Square police station on 5 February 1982.  Niehaus, an ANC MK veteran, was also a detainee in the 1980s. He took the stand because his 2020 affidavit to the court was not accepted by counsel for Security Branch policeman Nicolaas Deetlefs, who was a warrant officer at the time. The dispute was over Deetlefs’ denials of ever assaulting Niehaus.   Niehaus, a witness for th...

The Hawks. Picture: Bloemfontein Courant. Despite having had to grapple with rogue elements within their ranks, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), better know as the Hawks will end the year smelling of roses, with experts saying their willingness to act against high-profile suspects somewhat helped restore the public’s trust in the country’s justice system. This year saw the Hawks bare their talons in a series of high-profile fraud and corruption cases involving senior leaders of the governing ANC, i...