Suspended sentence for corrupt constable

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

In July 2017, Ledwaba who was on duty stopped a vehicle with an alleged intoxicated driver and offered to drive him home in Pretoria, where he then demanded a gratification of R2 000 which the motorist did not have at hand, Gauteng spokesperson for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) 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 matter was reported to the Hawks and an investigation team conducted a sting operation. In February, he was found guilty of corruption.

“He was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment, which is wholly suspended, and three years correctional supervision,” Mulamu said.

On Tuesday, two members of the Hawks, appeared in court after they were arrested for stealing money from a cash-in-transit crime scene in Joburg.