Cop gets suspended sentence for graft

THE Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court has sentenced former police constable Tshepo Ledwaba to a four-year suspended jail term and correctional supervision after convicting him of corruption.

In July 2017, Ledwaba stopped a vehicle with an allegedly intoxicated driver and offered to drive him home, where he then demanded a R2 000 gratuity – which the motorist did not have at hand – Hawks spokesperson Captain Ndivhuwo Mulamu said.

“He (Ledwaba) took the complainant’s contact number to remind him of what he had demanded, the following day,” Mulamu said. The following month, an investigation team conducted a sting operation where they arrested Ledwaba in possession of the R2 000 in cash.