Police sergeant nabbed for stealing R150
An Umbilo police sergeant has been arrested and appeared in court, charged with stealing R150 and a pair of RayBan sunglasses.
|||Durban - An Umbilo police sergeant has been arrested and appeared in court, charged with stealing R150 and a pair of Ray Ban sunglasses.
Sergeant Marius Nieman, 41, and his co-accused, Phillip Naude, 27, appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
The State did not oppose bail and said none of the stolen items was recovered.
Nieman’s attorney, Raneshan Naidoo, told the court that his client could only afford R500 bail and that he intended pleading not guilty.
It is alleged that Nieman and Naude had stolen the money and sunglasses from a motorist in Cambridge Avenue in Umbilo on Monday.
The motorist was with his wife at the time and she had contacted the local police who arrested the men at the scene.
Naude’s Legal Aid attorney, Virushka Mistry, said her client was fired from his job at a bar on Monday and had a previous conviction for possession of heroin.
He received a suspended sentence in 2011.
Mistry also said Nieman had offered to help Naude with R500 towards bail.
Magistrate Vanitha Armu granted the men R2 000 bail each and adjourned the matter to a date in April.
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