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The Western Cape Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Adv Shareen Riley testifies before the Nkabinde Enquiry in Pretoria on April 9, 2026.
Western Cape’s Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Shireen Riley, says there was insufficient consultation among prosecutors, police investigators and experts when analysing key evidence linked to the Cato Manor Unit.
Riley testified in Pretoria before the Nkabinde Enquiry which is probing suspended South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke’s fitness to hold office.
Riley says the review covered 23 case dockets connected to racketeering charges against former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head, Johan Booysen, and members of the unit.
He says the findings formed part of a report that informed National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi’s decision to withdraw the charges against them.
“We considered that his statement does not prove that Boyson managed an enterprise or participated in the affairs of a criminal enterprise. We indicated that there were years of evidence, and by that we meant that potentially the prosecution team could have and should have obtained further statements to corroborate his evidence in respect of those years where he, for example, says he was told by certain persons about certain things regarding poison,” adds Riley.
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