GBV cases being thrown out of court due to missing dockets a concern for WC dept

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WC Community Safety Dept concerned over number of GBV cases being thrown out of court due to missing dockets

CAPE TOWN - The Western Cape Community Safety Department has expressed concern over the number of gender-based violence-related cases being thrown out of court as a result dockets that go missing.The Western Cape Community Safety Department has a court watching brief unit.MEC Reagen Allen: "And of the 193 court cases that were monitored between 1 April 2022 and the end of June 2022, 198 were then monitored. And it ranges from cases which were withdrawn due to the docket not being in court.

"The report will indicate in terms of heinous crimes, in terms of rape when the DNA sample is outstanding and then that particular case will be struck off the court roll for a number of times," Allen said. In response, Western Cape Police Commissioner Thembisile Patekile has refuted claims that dockets that go missing were always the result of police negligence.

 

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What happened to the digitisation of case dockets? This was supposed to have been implemented by now

There is no such a thing that dockets are missing, some of officers are corrupt they sell those dockets

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