OU ON TRIAL FOR DRUG DEALING AND CARRYING AN ILLEGAL YSTER CLAIMS POOT TRIED TO BRIBE HIM

A SENIOR bank manager nabbed for drug dealing and illegal gun and ammunition possession claims a cop from the Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) tried to cut a deal with him just to frame alleged 28s gang boss Ralph Stanfield and his vrou Nicole Johnson.

- BY KIM SWARTZ

Raed Cupido, 40, made his appearance at the Cape Town Magistrates Court on 30 June, asking that Magistrate Alida Theart be booted from the case because she previously presided over Stanfield and Johnson's bail application.

Theart also presided over a new bail application brought by Johnson on new facts claiming she should be released on bail due to her daughter's health conditions.

The magistrate said: "The health of [Johnson's] daughter was fabricated by the applicant" and such "a condition does not exist".

Mislead

The magistrate added that "it is clear to the Court that [Johnson] wilfully and intentionally well-calculated an attempt to mislead the Court by fabricating the health issues of her daughter".