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Metro cop jailed for 5 years
08/05/2008 16:44 - (SA)
Pretoria - A Tshwane Metro Police officer was sentenced to five years in prison without the option of a fine for bribery and corruption, the metro police said on Thursday.
Constable Simon Malatsi Moditsi was found guilty of bribery and corruption by the Pretoria Magistrate Court on Wednesday, after he had forced a motorist to pay him a bribe to let him of the hook for a traffic offence.
Tshwane Metro Police Chief Hlula Msimang welcomed the sentence, commending his officers for swiftly acting against their own colleague.
"I hope that this sentence will deter other officers from committing the same type of offence.
"Motorists that pay bribes are also guilty of the same serious offence and are also liable to the sane sentences as the perpetrators if found guilty," he said.
Maditsa in October last year stopped a motorist for an offence in Vermeulen Street and demanded cash to let him go.
The motorist then told him that he had no money on him and that he would have to visit an ATM.
Instead of going to the bank the motorist drove to the Metro Police headquarters and reported the incident.
Members of the Metro Police Internal Investigation Unit then followed the motorist to the scene and after he gave the money to the officer they arrested him.
The Metro Police called on motorists experiencing similar situations to contact the Internal Investigations Unit.
- SAPA
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