Police defend low conviction rate of extortion syndicates
MPs describe conviction rate as pathetic after briefing on police’s progress on curbing extortion
The SA Police Service (SAPS) bosses have patted themselves on the back saying much has been done to address the crisis of extortion syndicates in the country, but MPs were disillusioned over the conviction rate they described as pathetic.
The national police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola, deputy police ministers Polly Boshielo and Cassel Mathale, head of crime detection Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya, head of detectives Lt-Gen Khosi Senthumule, Western Cape police commissioner Lt-Gen Thembisile Patekile and his Eastern Cape counterpart Lt-Gen Nomthetheleli Mene, among others, briefed parliament’s portfolio committee on police on progress made to curb extortion in SA. ..
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