South Africa

The police and those around Brett Kebble are not helping quell conspiracy theorists when stuff like this happens :

MURDERED businessman Brett Kebble’s security consultant ordered the mining magnate’s blood-spattered car to be removed from police custody hours after his murder to have it “cleaned”. Clinton Nassif, the director of Central National Security Group (CNSG), gave the order that caused an outcry when it emerged that the car was sent to police forensic investigators only a week after the murder. Kebble was shot six times while in his Mercedes-Benz in Johannesburg last month...The car, key evidence in the murder investigation, was towed to the panel beaters less than 24 hours after the shooting and remained there for a week. It was only given back into police custody following a call from police on the day of Kebble’s funeral...

 

Nassif said forensic tests had been carried out by police — including on blood found on the bonnet of the car — by the time it was moved. Groenewald’s (owner of the panelbeaters) partner, Peter Richardson, said “more than 20” people, including four ANC Youth League members, had inspected the car. Richardson said his staff were questioned by some of the “visitors” about the whereabouts of two cellphones.

 

He said a man identifying himself as Kebble’s driver had removed items from the cubbyhole. On Friday, Detective Services Divisional Commissioner Johan de Beer insisted that “all necessary investigative procedures” had been carried out on the car."

 

These are just extracts from the article, find the complete version here. Stuff being removed by random people, ANC youth league member getting a tour of the evidence and talk about "two cellphones" - very odd? What are the cops doing here and more to the point what are all these randoms doing tampering with something that should be evidence? 

Nassif claims the police were satisfied that enough tests had been done on the car after 24 hours and they asked him to remove it. If this is the case why did they take possession of it again a week later to "be sent to police forensic investigators"? I'm no forensic scientist but I think it would take much more than 24 hours to forensically examine a car. Someone has dropped the ball here (or is trying to hide something?) - at least 20 people have gone through the car already probably compromising any evidence that remained, not to mention that stuff has been removed from the car by unknown persons...

Someone has a lot of explaining to do.