The brother-in-law of a man charged with theft of crude oil and tampering with essential infrastructure has also found himself in hot water after he allegedly paid a police officer R50,000 to not oppose the accused's bid for bail.
Capt Simphiwe Mhlongo, spokesperson for the Hawks in KwaZulu-Natal, said the 42-year-old man was to appear in the Newcastle magistrate's court on a corruption charge. “He allegedly offered cash to the investigating officer to stop opposing bail” in his brother-in-law's case.
