GAUTENG. – The corruption trial of Richard Mdluli, the former head of crime intelligence, and his co-accused has been postponed to 15 September after the defence challenged the validity of search warrants issued during the investigation.
Mdluli is standing trial alongside Heine Barnard, former supply chain manager of the police, and Solomon Lazarus, former financial head. Henry Mamothame, Idac spokesperson, said the state concluded its examination-in-chief through its first witness. The witness is a retired investigator from the directorate for priority crime investigations and the investigation directorate for corruption (Idac) and is currently being cross-examined by the defence. They are charged with corruption, fraud and theft related to the alleged misuse of the police's secret service account for crime intelligence between 2008 and 2012.
The accused pleaded not guilty to all charges. The case has been postponed to allow the defence and the state to prepare their arguments on the validity of the search warrants.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
