Cop fined for filming sexual encounter
2013-02-07 09:54
Cape Town - The Western Cape High Court has fined a police
officer R3 000 and given him a suspended sentence for making a video of a
colleague kissing and touching a woman, the Cape Times reported on Thursday.
In sentencing Constable Jaede Fillies on Wednesday, the
court found he had acted "recklessly" on 15 June 2010.
He was given a six-month jail sentence, suspended for three
years, on condition he was not convicted of a similar offence in that period.
Fillies and Warrant Officer Theodore Syster were acquitted
of allegations that they raped a 29-year-old woman in 2010 and took her to
Elsies River police station.
Syster was alleged to have raped the woman inside the
station toilet while Fillies made a cellphone recording of the act.
Instead of reporting the misconduct, Fillies kept it on his
phone.
Fillies was found guilty of crimen injuria. An internal
disciplinary hearing resulted in a fine of R500 and a three-month suspension
from duty.
On Wednesday, Judge Patricia Goliath reportedly said she had
taken into account that Fillies was in full police uniform that day, the
incident occurred at a police station, that he was a first time offender, and
had no pending cases against him.
- SAPA
