The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has slammed Hawks boss, Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya, accusing him of failing to stop the assassination of Anti-Gang Unit detective, Charl Kinnear. | vercingetorics
Godfrey Lebeya, the head of the Hawks. Picture: Theana Calitz / Foto 24
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has slammed Hawks boss, Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya, accusing him of failing to stop the assassination of Anti-Gang Unit detective, Charl Kinnear. Details about Lebeya's alleged failure to prevent the murder of Kinnear – gunned down outside his Bishop Lavis home in Cape Town on 18 September 2020 – are contained in a classified IPID report.
The directorate compiled the report after a months-long investigation, conducted at the request of former police commissioner Khehla Sitole, to determine the circumstances surrounding the assassination. Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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