SOUTH AFRICA: Former South Africa police commissioner Jackie Selebi arrives at court for sentencing

Record ID: 453882

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Former South Africa police commissioner Jackie Selebi arrives at court for sentencing
  • Date: 3rd August 2010
  • Summary: JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (AUGUST 02, 2010) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF SOUTH GAUTENG S COURT FORMER SOUTH AFRICA CHIEF ARRIVING IN COURT SUPREME COURT SIGN SELEBI WALKING INTO COURT SURROUNDED BY REPORTERS SELEBI'S BROTHER WALKING INTO COURT HIDING HIS FACE WITH HIS HANDS SELEBI'S BROTHER PEOPLE WALKING INTO COURT JOURNALISTS AT ENTRANCE OF COURT AS PEOPLE WALK IN EXTERIOR OF COURT
  • Embargoed: 18th August 2010 13:00
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  • Location: South Africa
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: LVAC2ZT8R342IST1780YI23W5LEO
  • Story Text: Former police commissioner Jackie Selebi arrives in court for sentencing after being found guilty of corruption for accepting bribes from a convicted drug smuggler.
    The former head of South Africa's police force, Jackie Selebi, arrived in court on Monday (August 2) for sentencing after he was found guilty on graft charges on Friday June.2.
    Selebi is one of the most senior officials yet to be legally implicated for corruption in the country. He was charged with receiving payments from Glenn Agliotti, a convicted drug
    smuggler accused of playing a role in the 2005 murder of a mining tycoon.
    Selebi, an ally of former South African President Thabo Mbeki, had been charged with corruption and defeating theof justice but was found not guilty of the latter charge.
    Selebi could face up to 15 years imprisonment if the judge decides to send him to prison.
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