A police constable from the Edenvale police station is facing an internal disciplinary hearing – but no criminal charges – after he allegedly had sex with a prostitute and then refused to pay, claiming he was an officer from the Sunnyside police station.
This comes only a few days after a massive raid was carried out in Sunnyside and Arcadia to clamp down on prostitution in the areas.
It is alleged the constable and the prostitute had sex in one of the Bryans Court flats in Sunnyside that were raided. It is alleged that after he refused to pay her, she called her pimps to deal with the matter.
Police spokesman Warrant Officer Duane Lightfoot said the police were called in and that while the officer had been escorted to the police station, he was not detained.
“When she asked him to pay, he refused and threatened to arrest her. She then contacted some Nigerian men who kept the constable at the block of flats. The Sunnyside police were called and the constable was taken to the police station,” he said.
Lightfoot said the officer went back to his place in Edenvale that night as he was not facing criminal charges. He added that a formal report would be forwarded to the commander of Edenvale police station, so that internal disciplinary procedures for serious misconduct could start against the officer.
“Brigadier (Fred) Kekana (Sunnyside police station head) would like members of the community to know that there are some policemen who sometimes get involved in various crimes in Sunnyside, but they are not necessarily members of the Sunnyside police station,” said Lightfoot.
* Meanwhile, a businessman from KwaZulu-Natal was allegedly hijacked at gunpoint by three men in Sunnyside. The businessman – who was with a friend and a woman the two had just met – was about to go into the woman’s flat when three armed men approached.
“As they arrived at the flat and, just before entering, they were approached by three gunmen in their late twenties, who forced them all into the complainant’s vehicle at gunpoint.
“The attackers then drove off with them in the direction of Mamelodi. The complainant was dropped off somewhere on the road to Cullinan, where he was later found by members of the Cullinan police.
“He was taken to the Cullinan police station, where he opened a case of hijacking,” said Lightfoot.
The friend and the woman were left in Mamelodi, but rejoined the complainant later the same evening at Sunnyside.
Lightfoot said the suspects, who are still at large, got away with the complainant’s car, a Volkswagen Golf, and three cellphones. - Pretoria News