Richard mdluli biography
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In September , Richard Mdluli, former head of Crime Intelligence in the SAPS, was sentenced in the High Court, Johannesburg to an effective five years imprisonment for counts of kidnapping, assault with intent to cause grevious bodily harm, assault and intimidation.
His conviction and sentencing follow a series of legal challenges over several years by Freedom beneath Law to decisions which would have given Mdluli impunity and kept him in his crucial post.
The charges against him (with other charges of fraud and corruption) had initially been withdrawn by senior prosecutors in the NPA, Nomgcobo Jiba and Andrew Chauke. In Judge Makgoba granted Freedom Under Law an urgent order directing that Mdluli stand down from his position pending the determination of a review of that decision.
In doing so, the Court stressed that a constitutional democracy could not tolerate a situation in which one of the country’s key crimefighters continued to perform his daglig functions while himself
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Timeline: Who is Richard Mdluli
Suspended police crime intelligence chef Richard Mdluli is applying for his discharge on assault and kidnapping charges in the Johannesburg High Court on Friday. Here is a brief biography and timeline:
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August Mdluli joins the South African Police.
July Mdluli is appointed head of police crime intelligence.
March Mdluli is arrested and charged with 18 criminal charges&#; including murder. The murder charge stemmed from the killing of Oupa Ramogibe in
Ramogibe and Mdluli were both involved in a relationship with Tshidi Buthelezi.
May Mdluli is suspended from office.
September Mdluli is arrested on charges of fraud and corruption. The charges originate from the alleged unlawful utilisation of funds held in the Secret Service account for the private benefit of Mdluli and his wife.
17 November Mdluli&#;s legal representatives make representations to Lawrence Mrwebi&#; head of the Spe
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Corruption Watch has followed the Richard Mdluli case almost since the day the organisation launched.
For years Mdluli, the former head of police crime intelligence, had evaded justice relating to charges of, among others, murder, attempted murder, and assault, and in a separate case, of corruption, fraud, and money-laundering. The former head of police crime intelligence turned out to be a criminal himself and in July , the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria found him guilty of four counts of intimidation, two counts of kidnapping, and three counts of assault and sent him to jail for an effective five years.
The corruption charges that were levelled against Mdluli during his time with crime intelligence were brought in September , controversially withdrawn in December of the same year by the then newly appointed National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) special director of public prosecutions Lawrence Mrwebi, reinstated in by the NPA, struck off the roll just months later, and then