Prosecutor, two cops in court to face corruption and extortion charges

Advocate Avinash Ramapararat, a prosecutor stationed at the Pretoria specialised commercial crime unit, and two police officers who allegedly received bribes to make a case go away appeared in the Pretoria magistrate’s court on Friday to face corruption charges. The case against Ramapararat, 45, Sgt Herman Matsabane Mnguni, 46, and Const Abdul Haig Shaik was postponed until Monday for bail judgment. They are facing two counts of extortion involving R100,000 and R300,000 and two counts of corruption totalling R400,000. “It is alleged that they extorted money from a businessman who…