Famous Prosecutor in Oscar Trial was arrested and jailed a few years ago. This was during the trial in which he successfully prosecuted against the S A Police General Selebi who was convicted and sent to jail for serious corruption etc. (Two succeeeding Police Generals were later also suspended and fired for serious offences...) The filthily corrupt ANC Govt attempted to teach him a lesson (Of course, I alledge this.) Gerrie Pit Bull Nel - Gerrie Nel is a South African State Prosecutor and Advocate for The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa. - Nel was the founding head of the Gauteng division of the Scorpions in 1999. He held the position until it was disbanded in 2009 and was said to be close to the then chief prosecutor Vusi Pikoli. - Gerrie Nel has built up a reputation not only for his skill and dedication but also his determination. Everything he touches turns to gold, said former National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga. - He is one prosecutor whose prosecutorial expertise, conviction and integrity is beyond reproach, said Mhaga. - A career prosecutor with more than 30 years of experience, Nel is a familiar name in South African law for taking on big cases. - During the Selebi trial, he was arrested at his home in the early hours of January 8, 2008, in what appeared to be a bid to disrupt the investigation against the former top cop. - Taken into custody by 20 police officers in front of his wife and children, the alleged fraud charges were later dropped. - Two years later, he secured a corruption conviction against Selebi who was jailed for 15 years in the high court in Johannesburg in 2010. - Another top cop under investigation, suspended police crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli, last year accused Nel of conspiring with others to kill him. - He received a special achievement award from the International Association of Prosecutors for his fierce pursuit of the vision of the National Prosecuting Authoritys ideals to achieve justice in society. - Nel also enjoys some measure of celebrity status on social networking sites like Twitter, particularly after Pistoriuss bail application in February last year. - He was junior prosecutor in the Chris Hani murder case in 1993. Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz Waluz are currently behind bars for the assassination of the former South African Communist Party leader. - In 1995, he prosecuted two youths for gunning down a doctor outside the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg. - In the 90s, Nel sent Kempton Park dentist Casper Greeff to jail for murdering his wife. - He was also responsible for sending Hazel Kidson to prison for 25 years for stabbing her husband to death outside their West Rand home at Horizon, Roodepoort in January 1996. - He was also one of the prosecutors in the murder trial of Glenn Agliotti, who was arrested in 2006 for the slaying of mining magnate Brett Kebble.
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