WESTERN CAPE – Former police reservist Leon Moses Miller (60) has been convicted of fraud and corruption by Mossel Bay Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

Miller was arrested by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation team on 19 June 2014 following a sting operation where he was to receive the balance of the money meant to make a 2014 case of drunken driving against the owner of a local pub and restaurant go away.

It was the state’s case that Miller approached the arrested pub owner and told him that in exchange of about R7000 he could take care of the blood sample to ensure that the case was thrown out of court. The case continued regardless and the businessman alerted the Hawks to Miller’s demand for a settlement payment which culminated in the sting operation.

The court has sentenced Miller to effective five years imprisonment meaning he is to serve just under three years and the rest under will go under correctional supervision.

Source: South African Police Service