Online Reporter
SOCIAL media star Malloti’s armed robbery case is one of the criminal cases which have been revived following the appointment of a new boss of the National Prosecuting Authority in South Africa.
Malotti was issued with a warrant of arrest by the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court under case number CAS 78/11/2017.
She is wanted in connected with an armed robbery which occurred in Rondebosch, Cape Town, in November 2017.
IOL, a South African media organisation, reported yesterday that the case was still alive.
“The docket is currently at the DPP’s office as they requested it after they received information that the accused is living in Zimbabwe,” South African Police Services spokesperson, Captain F.C Van Wyk, told IOL.
“The accused is wanted in a case of robbery with a firearm after a Warrant of Arrest was issued for her in Wynberg court.
“The case was removed from the court roll until she is traced and arrested.
“The DPP’s office will make arrangements for the accused to be traced and then to be extradited back to South Africa.”
Malloti has used her social media platforms to tell her followers that she used to be a criminal during her time in South Africa.
But, she has now repented and was concentrating on her career as a musician and social media star.
Sources in South Africa told H-Metro yesterday that Malloti was just one of the criminal cases which were being escalated since the arrival of a new NPA boss.
Advocate Andy Mothibi started his term as the NPA boss on February 1 this year.
“A number of these cases are being escalated by the NPA after the arrival of a new boss there.
“It’s not the only one.”
Mothibi began his professional career as a public prosecutor and then became a magistrate.
Before he became NPA boss, he was director of the Special Investigative Unit where he relentlessly pursued investigations of maladministration and corruption within public institutions.
Malloti’s armed robbery case came during a time of violence in Rondebosch, which is generally considered to be a safe area in Cape Town.
The most horrific crime came a few weeks earlier when the decapitated body of businessman Robin Kemper was found under a bridge in Touws River.
Kemper was the managing director of Infovest, an international software business and a subsidiary of UK-based company StatPro.
He was reported missing by his wife just days before his decapitated body was found in Rondesboch.
He was 50, at the time of his death, and was seized at an ATM in Claremont.
Two suspects were arrested in relation to the case.Police records show that from April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018, a total 1,610,782 arrests were made for all crimes in South Africa.
There were 1,123,968 arrests for serious crimes. However, serious crimes reduced by 4,3% from 1,745,385 reported cases in 2016/2017 to 1,670,574 in 2017/2018. – H-Metro Reporter/IOL
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