Police ignored my attempted murder case - whistleblower

Man she fingered was later arrested for murder

- By Nkululeko Ncana

Former Eskom forensic auditor Dorothy Mmushi has fingered the suspected hitman in the assassination of Lt-Col Piet Pretorius earlier this year as the man who told her that he had been offered R400000 to kill her.

Mmushi told Sunday World that she was disappointed and saddened that a family had to lose their loved one because of police inaction.

“I am highly disappointed at the lack of effort shown by the SAPS in my matter. SAPS failed to arrest the man and charge him with extortion and attempted murder, despite having evidence that links him to my attempted assassination,” Mmushi told Sunday World.

Fugitive Gift Mdluli, dubbed “Prince Mdluli”, was arrested on Saturday, March 8, at a clothing shop in Komatipoort, ending a manhunt that began in January after he allegedly gunned down Pretorius, the 59-year-old commander of the Ermelo Vehicle Crime Investigation Unit, in an execution-style murder.

The 30-year-old Mdluli had been on the run since January 16.