Two metro cops who allegedly used a cellphone to film an orgy with a 16-year-old Eldorado Park schoolgirl have been fired, the early edition of the Saturday Star said on Friday.
Metro's director of operations, David Thembe, said Vaughn Dooms, 22, and Kester de Vos, 24, were dismissed on Wednesday for bringing the City of Johannesburg into disrepute.
The two were arrested in May 2006 for allegedly contravening the Films and Publication Act by making child pornography.
They were accused of filming themselves on a cellphone camera having a drunken orgy with an Eldorado Park teenager who was allegedly drugged and conned into taking part.
The footage was distributed on the Internet and made its way to girl's school playground.
"These officers were trusted in law enforcement and we condemn their behaviour... They've lost their salaries, benefits, uniforms, badge and guns. They are police officers no more," said Thembe.
He acknowledged that the inquiry had been underway since September last year and blamed "due process" for the time taken to dismiss the men.
Dooms told the weekend newspaper on Friday that he would miss his job as a police officer.
The men will appear again next Friday in the Protea magistrate's court in Soweto. - Sapa