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Corrupt cops: it's your fault
Corruption among Durban's police forces is alarmingly high. Senior police officers and concerned security analysts agree that corruption is rife in some of the city's bigger police stations.
But senior police officers have blamed the public, saying they are encouraging corruption by offering bribes.
Experts say that police are so corrupt that most communities would rather trust private security firms than the men in blue.
Durban regional court magistrate Keshore Lalbahadur on Thursday also lamented the plague of corrupt officials. Speaking before taking up his ... Read more
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Scotsman - United Kingdom
24 December 2006
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Pensioner in a jam for picking
A PENSIONER has hit out at police for wasting resources after he was issued with a caution for picking wild berries.
Keen jam-maker Ian Blayney, 67, found himself in a sticky situation after police tracked him down and accused him of theft following a fruit-picking trip in September.
Blayney, from Aylburton Common in the Forest of Dean, got into trouble while strolling down the Macclesfield canal in Cheshire.
The retired engineer had paused briefly to pick rowan berries from a bush to make jelly to accompany their Christmas dinner.
But as he filled a bag with the bright red berries, he was accosted by a caretaker from a nearby building who said the fruit couldn't be picked as it was growing on private land.
Following a row with the caretaker, Blayney, his wife and two friends left the scene.
But the caretaker reported Blayney to the police, who tracked him down using CCTV images of his car.
Two months later he was questioned by officers and issued with a caution for theft.
Speaking yesterday, Blayney said: "Surely the police have better things to do than waste time on something as trivial as this."
A Gloucestershire Police spokesman said: "When a crime is committed we are duty bound to take action, however trivial the matter may appear."
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