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Gauteng magistrate in court for taking a bribe─── 09:55 Fri, 31 Oct 2014
Johannesburg - A Gauteng magistrate who allegedly took a bribe to stop the extradition of a witness in Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir's trial has appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court yesterday.
The Times reports that Midrand Magistrate Johannes Kgomo appeared on two charges of corruption.
According to the charge sheet, Kgomo, who was reportedly out on R30,000 bail, was allegedly caught accepting a R150,000 bribe in a sting operation. His lawyer said he would plead not guilty.
The money was allegedly used to persuade another magistrate to make Botswana fugitive Paul Mthabela's extradition case "disappear".
Mthabela is a State witness against Krejcir and five others in a kidnapping, assault, attempted murder and drug dealing case.
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