The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has dismissed an application to have the criminal case against former Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli's two co-accused struck off the roll because of continuous delays in the matter.
A serving brigadier in the South African Police Service is one of eight suspects arrested in connection with irregular contracts in the national police commissioner’s corporate service office.
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The State is fed up with the game of cat and mouse being played by former Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli, saying that his delaying tactics are preventing his trial from getting under way.
Mdluli and his two co-accused in the case, Heine Barnard and Solomon Lazarus, are facing charges of corruption, fraud and theft over allegations of gross abuse of the secret services account.