Limpopo police officer denies money laundering charges
Murder-accused police officer, Rachel Shokane-Kutumela said she did not send money to her co-accused sister and daughter for money laundering.
She told the Polokwane Magistraet’s Court her sister, Annah Shokane and daughter Flora Shokane were helping her to pay for school fees as well as buy some properties.
Shokane-Kutumela took the stand on Thursday to give evidence in her bail application.
"I would sometimes sent money to my eldest daughter who is accused number three to sort out other financial responsibilities such as school fees,” she said.
“My elder sister is someone who often attends auctions and I would send her money to buy me cars and business items.
"We usually sent each other money and as such I was not trying to conceal or hide anything."
She told the court that she sent more R400,000 in one day, to her sister who was in Gauteng in 2020 to buy her two cars which were never registered in her name.
The trio faces 32 charges including nine counts of murder, money laundering, receiving proceeds from unlawful activities, fraud and defeating the end of justice.
The accused allegedly received about R10 million in payouts from the insurance policies and shared the illicit gains among themselves.
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