SERG STEVENS FALSE AFFIDAVIT
His False Affidavit To Frustrate & Interfere In Justice To Aid The Unlawful Immigration Charge
While looking through the Hout Bay file, I found a new affidavit from the Investigating Officer. Besides his name, almost everything else on it is an outright lie. At no stage did Sergeant Stevens ever ask me about my status in SA. He has never discussed any element of my visa, my passport, my immigration status, or anything even closely related to any of these.
Nor did he ask me to produce any paperwork related to this matter.
The first conversation about any subject related to these issues was after I got bail when I asked about collecting my passport so I could apply for my extension.
During that conversation, Sergeant Stevens said it would not be a problem. But later retracted that, saying that he needed to keep hold of it as they were busy with new investigations. This was illegal as neither the first nor the second bail terms included holding my passport.
It was clear the Sergeant was going to continue to try to sabotage my attempts to normalize my visa and immigration status while retaining control of me and my movements.
Sergeant Stevens did not at any point inform me that I was “illegal in this country.” Nor did he explain this was one of the charges I was being charged with. The only charges he has ever communicated to me were the initial three fraud charges. And only then by the service of the paperwork at the arrest and not in any verbal capacity. To be clear, my only encounters with Sergeant Stevens were…
FACT FILE
AGGRESSIVE CONDUCT DURING ARREST
During my arrest, Sergeant Stevens provided only the warrant for three fraud charges and refused to elaborate on its contents, repeatedly instructing me to "read what I gave you." Despite my questions about the invasive raid—led by armed teams and involving individuals like Wouter de Swardt and Denis Dalton—he dismissed my concerns. The officers tore through my home, seemingly searching for something while ignoring relevant paperwork, displaying aggression and complete disregard for my dignity throughout the process.
The Arrest
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At the beginning of the arrest, he handed me the warrant listing the three fraud charges and a reference to forgery and uttery. He did not elaborate in any way on any of the content.
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On each occasion, I posed a question to him, and his answer was, “Read what I gave you.”
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When I asked why Wouter De Swardt/IO Serg Stevens was walking around my property, I was told to mind my business. I got much the same reply when I asked why Denis Dalton was wondering around my home.
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When he asked me to sign a form saying I was happy with the arrest, search, and seizure, and I refused for the reasons above (i.e. Wouter De Swardt/IO Serg Stevens and Denis seemingly included in and quasi-leading the raid).
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On two or three occasions, I asked, “What was everyone looking for?” The inclusion of an armed team seemed like absurd overkill. And they were searching for something.
The first time I asked, he said, “I’ve already told you what you are being arrested for (the three charges); read that paperwork”.
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When I asked again, the men were opening drawers and cupboards, some of which;
had paperwork and office papers that they left in place and went onto the next drawer, cupboard or room. If they were searching for items related to the business to confiscate, why would they ignore the large amount of such paperwork? They tore the house apart, looking for something. Ee got very angry and replied, “I’ve already told you what you are being charged for”. Another officer with him in the room at the time when I asked to very aggressive,
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When I went upstairs to put on clothes, he told me to “hurry up”.
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And on being taken out to be taken away, when I asked why the car was parked like that and not inside, he was seriously going to take me out front like that. To which he ignored me and the hawk's officer, who made much the same comment.
SERG STREVENS PERJURY
Sergeant stevens very detailed account of the day and not one mention of passports, visa, immigration or home affairs issues
SERG STREVENS PERJURY
Sergeant stevens affidavit which he inserted in the docket in an attempt to retroactively insert the immigration charge which played no part in the 14 dec arrest as can be seen from his detailed statement of 18 dec about the arrest
SERG STREVENS PERJURY
Sergeant stevens very detailed account of the day and not one mention of passports, visa, immigration or home affairs issues
Hout Bay Station
The Investigating Officer only spoke to me about the charges on day three at Hout Bay SAPS. Until that point, they had refused all pf my requests to be able to phone my attorney. I only got to make that call because when the Sergeant took me to the front to process some paperwork asked him in front of other officers and also there were members of the public waiting at the front desk.
Only then did he permit me to make a call. On that occasion, he only mentioned the three-fraud charge. NO MENTION OF IMMIGRATION ISSUES. When we went through the paperwork, they took photo and prints.
He asked if I wished to make a statement; I said I would once I had spoken to my attorney. I was using the occasion to ask yet again to be able to make a call to my attorney. Something I had been doing since the arrest but was ignored. His reply was, “So you don’t want to make a statement, ok?” and walked off.
Just before leaving Hout Bay to be taken to Wynberg when, he said, “So can I just check you still do not wish to make a statement, to which I was more than happy to give a statement or be interviewed. Vomicine replied “so you want to confess”. To which I replied, “no, that’s not what I just said” and he again walked off.
Bearing in mind I phoned my attorney Heynes after the formal charging and conversation with Sergeant Stevens, obviously, had the Sergeant mentioned charges other than the three fraud charges, I would have included this in the debrief. But when I spoke with my attorney, I stated clearly it was “3 fraud charges.”
When an attorney from the law firm arrived at the station to get a full debrief, there was no mention of immigration issues and there was no inclusion in the files.
So, at no point from the first moment of the arrest to the last moment when being taken to Wynberg Magistrates Court did Sergeant Stevens discuss anything related to immigration, passports, or visas.
I assume this affidavit has been given in retrospect due to the only current charge now being the breach of the immigration act on 31 March 2021, because no charge or mention was made at the time.
The immigration breach was not included in the arrest warrant either. Nor was it included in the arrest, search, and seizure warrant which only referred to these three charges. It was not mentioned during the arrest or during my time at Hout Bay police station. It was not on any of the paperwork I signed, and it was not mentioned when I first went to the court for the judge to consider bail.
Only once bail had been granted was this mentioned by the Sergeant in an attempt to block bail, when he lied to the prosecution service about five new charges and issues from Paarl as well as breaches of the immigration act for not leaving SA on 31 March 2021.
It was not on any paperwork that went to Pollsmoor, either.
I do not know the law regarding charging and detaining, i.e., should an accused be formally charged with each offence or is it legal/acceptable to add on charges weeks later? At the same time, the bail application process continued without confirming the charges or charging me, interviewing me, or allowing me to make a statement. My question: “Is it considered charging an accused if the only thing done is adding a charge as the matter proceeds at court and the accused has not been told or charged directly?” The answer would be no.
NB: On entering Pollsmoor, my documentation said, “fraud charges x 3,” and that was also put on my prison card. Each time I went to court for a bail-related matter, the sheet given to the officers at Pollsmoor listed details such as name, prison number, cell, etc., as well as a column for any charges and changes to charges. In every appearance at court, this column said “NO.”
FACT FILE
FALSE AFFIDAVIT & PASSPORT SABOTAGE
While reviewing the Hout Bay file, I discovered an affidavit from Sergeant Stevens that was largely fabricated. He never discussed my immigration status, visa, or passport with me, nor did he request any related paperwork. Despite my bail terms not including passport retention, he unlawfully withheld it under the pretext of new investigations, obstructing my efforts to normalize my status and retaining control over my movements.
THE SUSPICIOUS AND FALSE HOME AFFAIRS AFFIDAVIT INTRODUCED BY SERG STEVENS
SERG STEVENS PERJURY
The affidavit says I was illegal as of 23 March 2022, yet he prints outs show submission and approval of a visa extension in November taking me into 2022.
Which also demonstrates that the statements of Serg Stevens that I had never extended were also false. And he relied on all this false information both to have my bail declined at the outset and then throughout. Not satisfied with this significant obstruction of justice he then added to that with a false and malicious prosecution
"The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference." - Bess Myerson