Defence pokes holes in case against suspended DPP Chauke

THERE is not a single reference against suspended Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke that he exercised his discretion for an ulterior motive or that he is guilty of gross negligence.

- ZELDA VENTER

This is according to Chauke's legal representative Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi who also told the Nkabine Inquiry that it was dangerous to try and remove a prosecutor from office simply because someone else believed they had made a wrong decision - especially dangerous in a country crippled by crime.

The Nkabinde Inquiry, chaired by retired Constitutional Court Justice Bess Nkabinde was established to probe Chauke's fitness to hold office. The hearing concerns two broad complaints against Chauke. The first relates to the institution of racketeering charges against Major-General Johan Booysen and members of the Cato Manor Unit and the subsequent defences of the proceedings instituted by Booysen to set aside the racketeering certificates.