A former North West prosecutor is accused of withholding information about a foreign national accused of being in possession of stolen property and driving an unregistered vehicle, which led to the suspect being wrongfully released. The suspect is still...
Regina Letshoo, 48, made a brief appearance on a count of defeating the ends of justice in Ga-Rankuwa Regional Court on Wednesday. To ensure impartiality, the National Prosecuting Authority assigned an outside magistrate to preside over the case as Letshoo was a state prosecutor in the cluster where the matter will be tried.
Letshoo is accused of concealing facts about a suspect who appeared before her, which led to the case being struck off the roll and the suspect being wrongfully discharged. Letshoo resigned shortly afterwards. “The former prosecutor reportedly withheld information from the docket. In the end, the suspect was released and the case was dismissed due to [Letshoo’s] alleged wrongdoing.”
A duplicate docket kept by the chief prosecutor was used to re-enrol the case. Police are still looking for the suspect.North West director of public prosecutions, Dr Rachel Makhari Sekhaolelo, has welcomed the appointment of an independent presiding officer in the case against Letshoo.
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