Ex-Interpol Head Guilty of Corruption
A South African court has returned a guilty verdict on corruption charges against the country’s former chief of police Jackie Selebi.
A former president of Interpol, Selebi, was accused of accepting bribes worth $156,000 and having connections within the organised crime circuit.
However, he was cleared on a separate charge of perverting the course of justice. Selebi had denied both charges.
Selebi will be sentenced on the 14th of July and faces a minimum term of 15 years incarceration. The 60-year old intends to launch an appeal. His defence lawyers claimed that their client was a victim of malicious prosecution.
They argued that the verdict was part of a much wider conspiracy wrapped in allegations of cronyism during the administration of the former President, Thabo Mbeki. Selebi was a close ally of Mr Mbeki, a bitter rival to the incumbent President, Jacob Zuma.
His appointment to the top cop job had been a political appointment and he had no previous policing experience when he became chief in 2000.
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