A former magistrate from the Western Cape is to appear before the court on the charges of fraud and neglect of duty.
The 53-year-old magistrate that will appear at the wrong side of the court in September was attached to the Thembalethu Magistrate’s Court.
Hawks said in a statement that the magistrate allegedly misled the department of justice by not reporting to his primary duty but working at other judicial duties to earn extra income for himself
“It is alleged that between April 2013 to December 2013, he allegedly misled the Department of Justice by reporting on duty on a daily basis, and then proceeded to the George municipality valuation court wherein he illegally performed other judicial duties that earned him an extra income without due authorisation,” the Hawks said in a statement on Thursday.
The suspect was expected to appear in the George Regional Court on 14 September.
