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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town \u2013 Former head of detectives in the Western Cape, Major General Jeremy Vearey, has warned that he will take legal action against senior police officers following the release of a damning report into the assassination of Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) detective Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear.<\/p>\n

The report was done by police watchdog Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) after a request for an investigation by National Commissioner, Khehla Sitole and National Police Minister, Bheki Cele.<\/p>\n

The report found among a range of findings, that a so-called \u201crogue unit\u201c existed in the provincial Crime Intelligence and that it had targeted Kinnear, Vearey, and former Crime Intelligence head Peter Jacobs.<\/p>\n

The report said the \u201crogue unit\u201d which Kinnear blew the lid off, was initiated by certain senior police and that top officers were aware of its existence.<\/p>\n

In December 2018, Kinnear laid a complaint with his superiors alleging a murder plot against him, Vearey and other police members by the \u201crogue\u201d unit.<\/p>\n

Jacobs recommended, at the time, that the unit be immediately disbanded.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that the independent body has vindicated some of us and has been able to find evidence that suggests that the rogue unit existed, we will come for those who tried to frame and taint our credibility. We will use the legal route,\u201d said Vearey.<\/p>\n

The report recommended that disciplinary steps be taken against certain officers of the \u201crogue unit\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Ipid report also said investigations conducted by its task team revealed evidence to the possible criminal conduct of defeating or obstructing the course of justice involving the death of Kinnear.<\/p>\n

He was gunned down outside his Bishop Lavis home on September 18 last year. At the time of his murder, Kinnear was investigating the alleged links of some police to the underworld and illegal sale of firearms.<\/p>\n

The person who pulled the trigger in the top cop\u2019s assassination remains at large while two suspects including alleged underworld figure, Nafiz Modack and former rugby player, Zane Killian faced charges related to Kinnear\u2019s killing.<\/p>\n

The 67-page report paints a picture of serious lack of controls, delayed or lack of relaying pertinent information related to threats to Kinnear and inaction by some high-ranking officers.<\/p>\n

The investigation found that certain members of the Hawks failed to initiate or conduct a criminal investigation into the illegal monitoring of Kinnear\u2019s cellphone even though they had knowledge of the person involved in the activity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey had sufficient and prima facie evidence at hand to have applied for a search and seizure warrant to stop the illegal monitoring, seized equipment and ensure that the ongoing crime being committed against the state was neutralised,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n

It also highlighted that the Crime Intelligence division of the SAPS failed to properly assess and implement a threat and risk assessment and to ensure personal protection on Kinnear’s life.<\/p>\n

The task team said there was distrust between the provincial Crime Intelligence and Kinnear.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was made clear by the unsubstantiated allegations of corruption against Kinnear and some senior managers perceived to be aligned to him in particular Jacobs and Vearey…who investigated them,\u201d said the report adding that some of the cases were \u201cspurious\u201d and ended up being declined by the Hawks.<\/p>\n

Vearey said it was \u201cshocking\u201d that certain information highlighted in the report was linked to a \u201cconvergence\u201d of the interest of organised crime to \u201cattacks levelled at us\u201d by certain members of SAPS.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a time when crime syndicates openly threatened us while internally, as now revealed by the Ipid report, we were regarded as the enemy,\u201d said Vearey.<\/p>\n

Jacobs was later moved to the Inspectorate Division.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s believed that despite the Ipid report clearing him of failure to take measures for Kinnear’s personal protection in the days leading up to his murder, he was still facing an internal disciplinary hearing.<\/p>\n

Information received by the Ipid task team showed that Jacobs was on sick leave.<\/p>\n

Jacobs could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n

The task team also noted with \u201cdismay\u201d the leaking of information about certain cases involving a complaint from an alleged underworld boss to the media and said police had reached a \u201cporous\u201d state and this had the potential to dent the image of the organisation.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this stage there\u2019s no evidence of who is responsible,\u201d the report noted, but added that information pertaining to certain cases was leaked to \u201ca journalist and an underworld figure\u201d.<\/p>\n

Asked if Sitole had acted on the Ipid report, police spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said the \u201cprocess was underway\u201c.<\/p>\n

He said the police would not be giving a \u201cblow-by-blow\u201d account of the process.<\/p>\n

Weekend Argus<\/b><\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. Cape Town \u2013 Former head of detectives in the Western Cape, Major General Jeremy Vearey, has warned that he will take legal action against senior police officers following the release of a damning report into the assassination of Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) detective Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear. 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