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EXCLUSIVE: Two more SAPS generals face charges for failure to act on Kinnear murder threat

EXCLUSIVE: Two more SAPS generals face charges for failure to act on Kinnear murder threat

JOVIAL RANTAO THE South African Police Service (SAPS) is poised to take action against two more top police generals for their role in the failure by the force to act and save the life of a top cop who was killed execution style by suspected gang members. The leadership of the SAPS has been forced to act after it became aware that some of its top officers failed to act after information was received about a threat to the life of Lieutenant Charl Kinnear, who was killed on September 18.  An investigation by The African Mirror has uncovered that a…
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Exclusive: SAPS general face charges for failure to act on Kinnear murder threat

Exclusive: SAPS general face charges for failure to act on Kinnear murder threat

JOVIAL RANTAO A top police general faces suspension and internal disciplinary charges because his alleged negligence and dereliction of duty led to the assassination of Cape Town top cop Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear.  An investigation by The African Mirror, over a period of a month, has revealed that Lieutenant-General Peter Jacobs, national crime intelligence head, received information from the Hawks top leadership about imminent danger to Kinnear, head of the SAPS Anti-Gang Unit, and on several occasions failed to prevent Kinnear planned murder or provide security for him. This is despite the fact that the SAPS counterintelligence mandate gives Jacobs…
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