The police deliberately tried to sabotage their investigation into the murder of mining magnate Brett Kebble, former judge Willem Heath was quoted as saying in Friday's Mail and Guardian.
Heath, who was hired by Kebble's father to investigate his death, drafted the previously unpublished report in December 2006, more than a year after Kebble was gunned down.
In the report, Heath points out a number of examples of inadequate police work, including their failure to secure the crime site, only interviewing witnesses a year after the murder and failing to do a thorough forensic investigation of the car in which Kebble was shot.
"If the Saps [South African Police Service] behaviour during the investigation... is examined, it is our contention that the Saps either deliberately or negligently failed to secure, destroyed or attempted to destroy evidence...
"Considering the links between [suspended police chief Jackie] Selebi and [convicted drug trafficker Glenn] Agliotti, and the alleged financial links between Selebi and [security consultant Clinton] Nassif, it is highly plausible that the Saps deliberately stalled and attempted to sabotage the murder investigation," quoted the Mail and Guardian from Heath's report.
Kebble was shot in his car in Johannesburg in 2005. Agliotti had been charged with the murder and was out on bail.
South African authorities were also seeking John Stratton's extradition from Australia to stand trial alongside Agliotti. Stratton was a co-director with Brett Kebble of mining company JCI.
Source: Mail & Guardian
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