Media Statement from the National Media Centre

Corporate Communication

South African Police Service

17 February 2014

PRETORIA - A private investigator, 34-year-old Lentheng Fortune Letshele, appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrates' Court yesterday, Monday 17 February 2014, on charges of bribery. 

The man, who is also working as a security manager at a reputable company in Johannesburg, was arrested by the Pretoria Anti-Corruption Unit of the Hawks on Friday, 14 February 2014, in Kempton Park. 

He attempted to bribe a Pretoria prosecutor with R2000.00 to have a theft of motor vehicle case against his brother squashed. 

The suspect made an appointment with the Pretoria-based prosecutor at the Kempton Park Magistrates' Court for the transaction to take place.

His younger brother, Peter Letshele, allegedly stole a vehicle from a Pretoria vehicle dealership in 2012 and the case against him is still underway.  

Mr Letshele was granted R3000.00 bail and the case has been reminded to 3 March 2014.  

Currently the two Letshele brothers, Fortune and Peter, have criminal cases pending against them.

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