Richard Mdluli’s troubles seem to be
piling up.
Earlier today a warrant of arrest was issued for the former crime intelligence boss for failure to appear at the North Gauteng High Court in Tshwane.
The matter has been postponed to 12 March for the setting of a trial date.
Mdluli was supposed to appear for charges relating to the allegation of gross abuse of the police intelligence slush fund.
According to the Investigation Directorate the charges include the payment of private trips to China and Singapore, private use of witness protection houses, conversion of these properties for personal use and the leasing of Mdluli’s private residence to the state in order to pay his bond, among others.
Judge Bam ruled that Mdluli was ordered to appear and a request letter to be sent to the Department of Correctional Services to bring him to court from prison where he is currently serving his sentence in a separate matter. Bam stated that there was no reason why he could not appear before court today.
His co-accused Heine Barnard and Solomon Lazarus appeared on charges of corruption, fraud, and theft. Heine faces an additional charge of defeating the ends of justice.
Mdluli is also serving a five year jail term after he was sentenced by the South Gauteng High Court in Joburg earlier this year for assault and kidnap in the Oupa Ramogibe case, dating back to the 1990s.
