Dockets of Aggett’s 1982 inquest were destroyed, says investigator
Wits University provides more than 3,000 pages of records but hundreds of documents are missing
20 January 2020 - 19:36
The original records of the 1982 inquest that cleared state security police of any wrongdoing in the death of trade union organiser Neil Aggett while in custody were destroyed.
The investigating officer into a fresh inquest, which began on Monday, told the high court in Johannesburg that the court was required to keep the documents for 10 years, after which they were destroyed...
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