ID'S PATRICIA DE LILLE LAYS CHARGES AGAINST NGCUKA AND MCCARTHY, SLAMS ZUMA COMMENTS
ID President Patricia de Lille has laid charges against former Scorpions boss Leonard McCarthy and former NPA head Bulelani Ngcuka at the Caledon Square Police Station in Cape Town.
The charges are the same as those laid by the ID President against Brigitte Mabandla, the former Minister of Justice. De Lille has also been informed that the investigation into Mabandla is continuing and that ‘they have interviewed the Minister of Justice and others.'
The charges have been laid in terms of Section 32 (1) (b) of the National Prosecuting Authority Act, which reads,
"Subject to the Constitution and this act, no organ of state, and no member or employee of an organ of state nor any other person shall improperly interfere with, hinder or obstruct the prosecuting authority or any member thereof in the exercise, carrying our or performance of its, his or her powers, duties and functions."
If Mabandla, Ngcuka and McCarthy are found guilty of the charges against them, they face stiff fines and a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.