SAPS UNLAWFUL CONDUCT:
PART 1 SYSTEMIC ABUSE OF POWER, CRIMINAL COLLUSION & DELIBERATE SUBVERSION OF THE LAW

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UNLAWFUL CONDUCT OF SERGEANT STEVENS & BELLVILLE COMMERCIAL CRIMES UNIT

The below list is taken from the letter to Clonel McLean of the SAPS Inspectorate

The corruption, misconduct, and outright criminality orchestrated by Sergeant Stevens and his associates at the Bellville Commercial Crimes Unit represent the most extreme and egregious example of police corruption imaginable. Police misconduct is not uncommon — officers taking bribes, fabricating evidence, or violating due process to secure a conviction are well-documented abuses of power.

But what happened here surpasses all conventional definitions of corruption. This was not a case of an officer exploiting the system for personal gain or an overzealous cop bending the rules. This was a calculated and sustained abuse of police power, in which law enforcement officers deliberately used their authority to detain me unlawfully, obstruct my legal rights, and facilitate financial crimes against me.

These officers did not act in isolation. Their actions were not driven by the pursuit of justice or even by self-interest, but by a clear and coordinated objective: to ensure my incarceration so that private individuals—specifically, landlords and their associates—could seize control of my properties, eliminate my ability to fight back in civil court, and strip me of the financial resources needed to defend myself. Stevens and his unit worked hand in hand with private investigators and landlords to fabricate criminal charges, manufacture false affidavits, and deliberately mislead the courts.

They manipulated every stage of the legal process, from falsifying immigration records to staging a militarized raid on my home—designed not for law enforcement purposes, but as a public spectacle to legitimize the lies spread by my adversaries.

This chapter presents an unfiltered, fully documented account of their illegal actions, procedural violations, and blatant collusion. The evidence is irrefutable: court records, sworn affidavits, internal SAPS communications, and procedural breaches that expose how law enforcement was weaponized against me. This was not the work of rogue officers making isolated mistakes—this was a systematic and deliberate campaign, executed with precision, with the explicit goal of ensuring my imprisonment and financial ruin for the benefit of those who orchestrated it.

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THE CONSORTIUM

Sergeant Stevens and his unit at the Bellville Commercial Crimes Unit deliberately abused their power to orchestrate my unlawful detention and facilitate financial crimes against me.

A Systematic Campaign Of Abuse

Unlike isolated incidents of police misconduct, the corrupt acts committed by Stevens and his network were premeditated and coordinated. At the heart of this operation was the collusion between SAPS officers and private actors, including landlords, investigators, and media operatives, all of whom benefited directly from my unlawful persecution.

The key areas of misconduct included:

1. The Theft And Sabotage Of My Immigration Status

SAPS intentionally stole my passport, ensuring I could not renew my visa and later using this fabricated “illegal” status to justify an arrest and prolonged detention.

Misleading statements to Home Affairs and the courts were made to falsely claim I had never extended my visa, when in fact, documented proof shows I had.

2. The Fabrication Of Criminal Charges And Docket Manipulation

The entire docket used to justify my December arrest contained zero legitimate investigative work.

No attempt was made to gather evidence or question witnesses before arrest.

Key affidavits were manufactured months later, with police officers and private parties creating statements to justify actions retroactively.

3. The Illegal Seizure Of Property And Financial Gain Of The Landlords

SAPS officers were directly involved in facilitating the illegal eviction of my properties, effectively handing control to the landlords.

Seizure warrants were unlawfully granted and executed, leading to the confiscation of all critical devices and documents—many of which were then withheld indefinitely, preventing my defense.

4. The Militarized Raid And Extreme Misuse Of State Resources

A full SWAT-style Special Task Force (STF) raid was conducted on my residence—an absurd use of force for a non-violent, business-related case.

Two dozen officers, automatic weapons, and tactical teams were deployed without justification, exposing the real purpose of the arrest as a staged event for media spectacle.

5. Direct Collusion Between Saps And Private Investigators

SAPS officers worked in partnership with private investigators hired by my adversaries, including Wouter de Swardt, Denis Dalton, and Johan Schalkwyk.

These individuals had no official standing but were treated as if they had police authority, directing officers and participating in my arrest.

The Pattern Of Corruption: Every Step Of The Process Was Manipulated

Every procedural stage in my case was manipulated to serve a singular goal: to justify my imprisonment, remove me from my properties, and ensure my absence would allow for financial gain by others. The tactics used are clear:

False arrest & detention without a valid warrant – SAPS acted without legal authority, making the arrest purely to serve private interests.
Obstruction of justice – Exculpatory evidence was deliberately withheld, preventing any chance of due process.
Judicial manipulation – Magistrates were misled with false affidavits and procedural violations, ensuring the charges remained despite their illegitimacy.
Sustained abuse of bail conditions – SAPS continued using fabricated evidence to extend my detention long after the charges should have been dropped.

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Unjustifiable Use Of Force And Corrupt Seizure Of Evidence

The most visually striking aspect of my arrest was the absurd level of force used by law enforcement. This was not a high-risk criminal apprehension—it was a military-style operation, seemingly designed to humiliate me, inflict maximum damage, and serve as a public spectacle.

The Special Task Force (STF) was mobilised, storming my residence in a manner resembling a counterterrorism operation. Their presence had no legitimate legal justification—instead, it provided cover for:

A frantic search for alleged "hidden assets" – SAPS officers and private investigators were looking for a safe allegedly containing diamonds and cash, which was purely a fabricated narrative spread by my adversaries.
The staged nature of the arrest for media consumption – The large-scale operation gave legitimacy to false claims and allowed the press to report an “international criminal takedown” without scrutiny.
Immediate transfer of property control – My removal was orchestrated to allow landlords and co-conspirators to immediately seize and profit from the properties I had legally occupied.

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THE CONSORTIUM

This was not ordinary police misconduct—it was a calculated effort to strip me of my legal rights, fabricate charges, and ensure my imprisonment. These officers worked directly with landlords and private investigators to stage false allegations, manipulate court processes, and block my ability to defend myself. They falsified records, conducted an illegal raid on my home, and used media manipulation to legitimize their lies.

The Role Of Home Affairs And Immigration Manipulation

A key part of SAPS’ strategy was deliberate interference with my immigration status. The objective was simple: create an artificial basis for an arrest, justify extended detention, and weaken my legal position. This was achieved through:

The theft of my passport, making it impossible to legally extend my visa.

SAPS providing false information to Home Affairs, claiming I was illegally in the country since March 2021—despite clear evidence proving my visa was legally extended.

Falsified affidavits from Home Affairs officials, which were demonstrably false and later proven to have been obtained under suspicious circumstances.

This tactic alone enabled the prosecution to object to bail, ensuring my continued imprisonment while those who orchestrated my arrest profited from my absence.

The Clear Legal Violations And Criminal Accountability

The actions of Sergeant Stevens, SAPS, and their private accomplices constitute a clear criminal conspiracy under South African law. These include:

Unlawful arrests and detentions – Violations of constitutional rights.
Fabrication of evidence and perjury – False affidavits submitted to the courts.
Theft of legal documents and obstruction of justice – Denial of access to critical case materials.
Abuse of public office for private financial gain – Police resources were used solely to benefit private landlords and investigators.
Collusion between law enforcement and private individuals – Evidence proving direct relationships and conflicts of interest.

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THE CONSORTIUM

Unlike isolated police misconduct, the corruption I faced was premeditated and coordinated between SAPS officers, landlords, private investigators, and media operatives. SAPS stole my passport, manipulated my immigration status, and fabricated charges to justify my arrest and prolonged detention. The entire process—from arrest to property seizure—was deliberately designed to imprison me, strip me of my assets, and prevent my legal defense.

The Impact Of These Crimes

The human cost of these illegal actions cannot be understated. Beyond the financial theft, seizure of property, and fabricated criminal case, the physical and psychological impact of being subjected to this level of state-backed persecution has been profound.

Months of unlawful imprisonment in Pollsmoor Prison, a notoriously violent facility.

Complete destruction of my business operations—all while those behind my arrest financially benefited.

Incalculable damage to my reputation, made worse by coordinated media campaigns.

Ongoing persecution and threats, even after the legal case fell apart.

Conclusion: The Largest Case Of Corrupt Collusion In South African Law Enforcement

This chapter provides an exhaustive, evidence-driven account of how SAPS officials, private investigators, landlords, and corrupt media operatives worked together to engineer my downfall. Their actions were not isolated incidents of misconduct—they were calculated crimes, designed to permanently remove me from my properties, erase my financial stake, and imprison me indefinitely.

The sheer number of procedural violations, fabricated documents, and illegal actions make this one of the most egregious cases of law enforcement corruption in recent South African history.

This page serves as an unfiltered exposé of these crimes, providing undeniable proof of a coordinated criminal conspiracy that must be investigated at the highest levels.

COMPLAINT TO SAPS & TO COLONEL MCELAN OF THE SAPS INSPECTORATE

Introduction

The following chapter is taking from the letter to Colonel Mclean of the SAPS Inspectorate and outlines a staggering pattern of misconduct, corruption, and outright criminal behaviour by members of the South African Police Service (SAPS), particularly Sergeant Stevens and his associates within Belville Commercial Crimes Unit. It serves as a critical exposé of the abuse of power, collusion with private interests, and systematic violations of due process that have resulted in unlawful arrests, fabricated charges, and the deliberate sabotage of my legal rights, freedom, and ability to defend myself.

The offenses are not isolated incidents; they form part of a deliberate and coordinated effort involving police officers, private individuals, and property owners who weaponized state resources to achieve private objectives. The misuse of police authority to further the financial and legal interests of a group of landlords and private security operatives demonstrates the depth of corruption embedded within the system.

The letter details numerous instances of abuse of power, falsification of legal documents, perjury, illegal detainment, unlawful property seizures, and the intentional obstruction of justice. Each section highlights specific actions taken by Sergeant Stevens and his associates—actions that were designed to strip me of my rights, silence my defense, and facilitate my imprisonment under false pretences.

It is critical to understand that these events were not random acts of police incompetence or procedural failures. They were intentional, well-planned acts of persecution that had a direct and devastating impact on my life, business, and legal standing.

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THE CONSORTIUM

Sergeant Stevens knowingly submitted false affidavits from Home Affairs officials claiming I had been in South Africa illegally since March 2021. However, the actual Home Affairs database showed my visa had been legally extended. The police deliberately used this fabricated evidence to justify my arrest, detain me unlawfully, and extend my incarceration.

This was not an error—it was a deliberate act of perjury designed to remove me from circulation and serve the interests of my adversaries. The officers involved knew the affidavits contradicted the official Home Affairs records but presented them anyway.

Synopsis

At the core of this campaign of misconduct is a blatant conspiracy to use law enforcement as a tool for private gain. Key aspects of this abuse include:

Unlawful Interference with Immigration Status:

My passport was stolen and unlawfully retained by police officers, ensuring I could not renew my visa. This was later used as justification for an arrest and extended detention, despite full knowledge that my visa had been legally extended.

Fabricated Charges & Malicious Prosecution:

Police officers, in collusion with private individuals, manufactured evidence and presented false affidavits to the courts to justify my arrest and continued detainment. At no point was there a legitimate investigation into any wrongdoing.

Unjustifiable & Excessive Use of Force:

A full Special Task Force SWAT team was deployed in an unnecessary and excessive show of force, designed to humiliate and intimidate. This level of state resources is typically reserved for dangerous criminals—not for a legal dispute disguised as a criminal case.

Unlawful Arrest & Detainment Without Legal Grounds:

My arrest was conducted without a valid warrant, and I was deliberately denied access to legal representation. This was a clear violation of my rights and due process.

Unlawful Seizure of Property & Evictions:

Under the pretext of criminal proceedings, my home and business assets were unlawfully seized and handed over to private landlords. This was facilitated by police officers acting outside their legal authority, demonstrating clear collusion between law enforcement and private property owners.

Misuse of Public Resources for Private Gain:

The staggering cost of these unlawful actions—including police manpower, court resources, and state-funded legal processes—was entirely funded by the South African taxpayer. These resources were not used in the pursuit of justice, but to further the financial interests of a small group of individuals.

Intentional Withholding of Evidence & Perjury:

SAPS officers deliberately withheld exculpatory evidence, lied to the courts, and obstructed my legal defense at every stage. This resulted in unnecessary court delays, increased legal costs, and extended periods of unjustified incarceration.

The pattern of events detailed in this document paints a damning picture of corruption, collusion, and abuse of power within SAPS, revealing a law enforcement system that has been manipulated by private interests for personal and financial gain.

The reader is urged to examine the following accounts with an understanding of their broader implications for justice and accountability within South Africa. This is not merely about my case; it is about the systemic abuse of power that threatens the integrity of law enforcement itself.

NB; the chapter deals directly with Sergeant Stevens conduct as the complaint was specifically about him. Where there is any reference to others, such as Sergeant Duna, it is because the issues feed into ones related to Sergeant Stevens. This is not an exhaustive list but includes some of the most significant examples of corruption, misconduct, and unlawful actions:

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HOME AFFAIRS AFFIDAVITS WERE FALSE

1. Unlawful Interference With Immigration Status:

The theft of my passport, then secretly and illegally keeping it for the explicit purpose of making visa extensions impossible. With the explicit intention, to then use my compromised immigration status against me. And to do so at a point in the future as and when the landlords decided it would be the most effective, helpful, and needed. Which Sergeant Duna and Sergeant Stevens then did on multiple occasions.

Immediately after the August arrest when the Investigating Officer Sergeant Duna refused to release me despite the very minor nature of the charges, justifying it solely on the basis of my immigration status and the lie that I was wanted by Home Affairs, and that they had asked him to retain me for deportation.

At the initial appearance at Wynberg Mag Ct on 9 August where the Investigating Officer Sergeant Duna told the court I was an illegal immigrant, that I had never extended my visa since landing, that I was wanted by the Home Affairs Department, that I was illegal from 23 March 2021.

This was a position he maintained and repeated during the two weeks of the contested bail application. misconduct Serg Stevens was happy to repeat, capitalise on and expand.

More generally by creating a situation where I could not open an SA bank account or satisfy any of the formalities related to my stay, the business, etc, leaving me very vulnerable to all sorts of attacks and accusations, which he and then Sergeant Stevens would go on to fully exploit.

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THE EVIDENCE WAS IN MY PASSPORT

My passport contained the legally issued visa extension, proving that I was in South Africa lawfully. SAPS had full access to this document but still relied on the false affidavits from Home Affairs to fabricate an immigration charge.

Despite having access to both my passport and the official Home Affairs database, SAPS still proceeded with the false charge, proving that their goal was never legal enforcement but rather to manufacture a legal excuse for my continued detention.

2. Sergeant Stevens Direct And Personal Role In The Sabotage Of My Visa Status & Its Unlawful Use Against Me

A strategy and practice Sergeant Stevens was happy to continue when the passport was passed to him for all of the same reasons including the following:

Including making considerable capital in the media about my immigration status, alleging it was intentional and for some nefarious reason.

Repeating these same unfounded allegations in the magistrate’s court, NPA etc.

Starting with using the immigration status to help motivate an arrest, both with his superiors to justify an arrest

And later with the magistrates.

By misrepresenting the situation as entirely intentional on my part and motivated by some criminal intent.

Knowingly accepting the passport from Sergeant Duna, in the full knowledge that it was stolen property, that SAPS had no right to have it, and knowing the reasons why it had yet to be returned.

Using the immigration issue as one of the reasons given to the prosecution to object to bail when Sergeant Stevens had the bail which I had already been granted then revoked illegally [19 December 2022]

Sergeant Stevens using the immigration issue at subsequent appearances as a justification for continued period of remand and ultimately to secure a rejection of the bail application [14 Dec 2022 through 13 March 2023]

Remembering that on every occasion Sergeant Stevens used the immigration issue, e.g., with those listed below, he failed to mention that he had the passport; that it had been stolen and held illegally by SAPS since; that SAPS had refused the many requests to return it; that they knew my real visa history. And yet Sergeant Stevens and SAPS consistently and intentionally misrepresented every aspect of the immigration, passport, and visa matter.
the NPA,
the courts,
to other police officers, stations, or units,
to the Home Affairs Department,

In fact, when Sergeant Stevens was making the false statement that I had never extended my visa since arrival to the courts, the magistrates, the NPA, the Home Affairs Dept., and the police that I had never extended my visa since arrival, he knew that to be a lie as the paperwork we later discovered in the docket after we obtained it seven months after the arrest showed I had extended towards the end of 2021, taking me into 2022.

Sergeant Stevens knew all his statements, including those to the NPA, the magistrate, other officers, the courts, and staff, were lies, as the stamp from the home affairs department granting the visa extension was in my passport itself. The same passport that was in Sergeant Steven's possession

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THE BLOCK OF MY RELEASE

For three months, SAPS officers refused to disclose my immigration records, despite multiple court orders. They knew that producing the records would expose their lies and force my release.
By deliberately suppressing exculpatory evidence, SAPS ensured I remained unlawfully detained in Pollsmoor, preventing me from challenging the fabricated charges and reclaiming my properties.

3. Sergeant Stevens Interference With, And Sabotage Of, Visa & Immigration Status From The Beginning, Through The Start Of The Bail Application And Throughout

Sergeant Stevens used the immigration issue when the bail application finally started. Hoping to use it to have bail rejected, again still failing to tell the prosecution of the history or his illegal possession of the passport.

Sergeant Stevens then used the immigration issue when the prosecution withdrew all of the charges, insisting they proceed with the bogus charge.

Despite knowing about the HAD’s automatic extension throughout 2021, the physical visa extension application and approval at the end of 2021 that carried me into 2022, as well as theft and retention since.

Sergeant Stevens then used the immigration issue as the sole justification for demanding a bail of R100,000 on the premise I could abscond by hopping on a plane and flying out of SA. Again, despite knowing the impossibility of such a suggestion as he had my passport. But not sharing that information with those who would then make the decisions on my case, including whether I stayed in prison or whether I went free.

Sergeant Stevens then used the immigration issue to keep and extend both the bail and the bail conditions, trapping me in the country, vulnerable to any fresh attempts he may make to incarcerate me.

Sergeant Stevens used the immigration issue to continue to withhold my passport, despite having no right to do so and it not being a condition of either bail.

Sergeant Stevens used the immigration issue to control the application and timing of the visa extension process, agreeing to “loan” me my own passport, on the condition that I have it back to him a couple of days later as soon as the extension had been submitted. Making me sign my own passport out.

Now knowing the exact date my extension application would be submitted via VFS, using contacts within VFS or the passport office in Pretoria to ensure a rejection. (Something I cannot prove, but the fact that due to the huge backlogs, the reply which was only expected in the usual three to five months process came back pretty much immediately.

The visa agency commented that they had never had a visa application turned around this after even before COVID-19 and absolutely never since, therefore someone had interfered with it.

Sergeant Stevens used the immigration issue to continue to prosecute the charge pushing towards a full trial, thereby both extending my period of bail, extending the period I could not travel and resulting in totally unnecessary additional legal bills. As well as even more stress than he had already caused.

Throughout, from the point of the arrest, through my three months in Pollsmoor, Sergeant Stevens constantly obstructed the attorneys and even the prosecution, failing to show my attorneys the docket or any information and evidence related to charges. Making compiling a defence to the immigration charge extremely difficult.

Further, refusing to do so after bail was granted and through the past bail and pretrial period, ignoring the attorney's demands to provide it. Again, making compiling a defence to the immigration charge extremely difficult.

The conduct of Sergeant Stevens continuing with the malicious prosecution for an offence he knew I could never be found guilty of, necessitated the preparation and submission of Representations to the Senior Public Prosecutor, at which point he still continued to resist and continued to refuse to withdraw the charge.

Only once we had obtained permission to submit representations, did Sergeant Stevens finally provide us with the docket so that we could see the contents and prepare Representation to the SPP.

For the avoidance of any doubt: “inter alia, contravening the provisions of the Immigration Act 13 of 2002, as amended ("Act"), in that upon the expiration of his VISA, on 23 March 2021, he failed to depart from the Republic of South Africa, hence in doing so he remained illegally within the Republic”.

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THE CONSORTUIM

After my release, I requested the return of my passport, business documents, and electronic devices, all of which had been seized illegally. SAPS refused, knowing that these documents contained evidence proving my innocence.

Without my documents, I was severely handicapped in rebuilding my life and mounting legal action against those responsible. This was not about an investigation, it was about maintaining control over my ability to fight back.

4. Sergeant Stevens's Abuse Of The Criminal Justice System, Necessitated The Submission Of Representations To The Senior Public Prosecutor Re The Bogus Immigration Charge

Importantly, the Representation was exceptionally detailed and contained many of the allegations and statements I had been making throughout 2022, and that I included within the complaints to IPID, PSIRA, Alan Winde etc and contained in this document.

In fact, the attorney advised against such detailed Reps. I had insisted as it had always been my belief since getting bail in August that Mr de Swardt, Serg Stevens, and their clients would try again and that I would be in a better position if the NPA knew the context, background, fabricated evidence, and the real motivations.

The attorney’s position was that it was unnecessary as they did not believe anyone would be so brazen as to do it a second time. Unfortunately, they were wrong.

After a month of investigations, the SPP requested a further month to investigate its contents, due to the number of allegations and information it contained. After fully investigating the matter for two months and despite the best attempts of Sergeant Stevens, Mr de Swardt and Belville Commercial Crime, the SPP confirmed the unreserved withdrawal.

It had been the view of the attorneys that the SSP might offer ‘diversion’ rather than full withdrawal to “save face.” I had taken that out of the Reps and confirmed I would not accept that. Only a complete withdrawal was acceptable to me.

The withdrawal by the SPP, as well as the SPP making no attempts to simply downgrade the charges via a diversion, shows that the matter had no prospect of success at trial and that Sergeant Stevens continued to prosecute and persecute regardless.

The very definition of a malicious prosecution, laying a false charge, knowing it to be false, one with no prospect of success, purely to cause the accused significant harm.

Failing at each one of those points to explain to either the prosecution or the magistrate the reason why I had not extended. Instead, he lied to both the prosecution and the court, saying I had never extended, and that I was illegal from March 2021. Including the instruction to object to bail and the sabotaging of the bail application.

5. Sergeant Stevens Abuse And Misuse Of State Resources & Misuse Of Authority, Power And Position

The large amount of state and taxpayer money and state resources that Sergeant Stevens knowingly wasted in pursuit of both the malicious prosecutions and the campaign's goal to incarcerate me and then extend incarceration until they were unable to do so also raises concerns. Not to solve a crime or catch a criminal, but purely because of the strategic advantage it gave him, Mr. de Swardt, and his clients. The use, abuse, and waste of limited manpower, as well as the prosecutor, magistrate, and court's time and resources. This massive resource waste would apply to:

The creation of the docket and its state of suspended animation, creating it, then leaving it until it was needed.

SAPS's motivation and use of time and resources, including Belville Commercial, Hout Bay, Hawks, and so on.

The exceptional amount of money and resources the operation of 14 December would have consumed, including two dozen personnel in total.

The waste of time, personnel, money, and significant resources by engineering the involvement of the Special Task Force

The criminal justice system's time, personnel, and resources wasted by the multiple appearances at court throughout the process.

The Correctional Services wasted time, personnel, and resources during the three months of wrongful imprisonment at Pollsmoor prison.

The waste of time, personnel, and resources of the senior public prosecutor with the unnecessary representations

Some of the various SAPS units and stations were misled and deceived into thinking they were taking down a national criminal.

Failing at each one of those points to explain to either the prosecution or the magistrate the reason why I had not extended. Instead, he lied to both saying I had never extended. And that I was illegal from March 2021. Including the lies told to force the prosecution into objecting to bail when they had no intention of, and the sabotaging of the bail application.

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THE CONSORTUIM

Sergeant Stevens knowingly wasted taxpayer money and state resources for strategic advantage, not justice. He mismanaged the case docket, involved multiple SAPS units unnecessarily, and orchestrated a costly December 14 operation. The Special Task Force, courts, and Correctional Services were burdened with wasted time and resources, including three months of wrongful imprisonment. Misleading statements and false claims further sabotaged the bail process, manipulating the prosecution and magistrate.

6. Sergeant Stevens Continued Persecution Of Me

Even after the SPP withdrew the final charge, Sergeant Stevens continued to state that he and SAPS intended to bring back the initial charges and possibly even lay new charges.

Resulting in tens of thousands in wasted legal fees.
Yet more uncertainty, and stress.
The further effect of limiting and prohibiting contact with former guests to check they had been refunded or found alternative villas because Sergeant Stevens had classified them as potential witnesses and would misrepresent the contact as attempts to interfere with witnesses.
Doing so purposely so that we could not ask them what happened when they turned up to check in. as well as to keep them out of pocket, otherwise they would lose the possibility of using them to bolster allegations of fraud.
The (false) justification for continuing to (illegally) withhold the equipment.

"The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being."

- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

7. The Docket

The docket itself is a very clear indication of the criminal actions and intentions of Sergeant Stevens. As well as another very clear indication that he was not working for and on behalf of the state or the public, but rather working for Mr de Swardt and the landlords.

A docket that has absolutely almost no contributions from Sergeant Stevens, and not a single legitimate one.

A docket where there was no attempt whatsoever to gather evidence or information before the arrest.

A docket where there was no attempt whatsoever to gather evidence or information after the arrest and during remand when Sergeant Stevens used the excuse, he needed more time for “further investigation,” to delay the start of the bail application and extend my time in Pollsmoor, but then failed to do any whatsoever.

Despite the fact he was in theory preparing to contest that bail application.

A docket where there was no attempt whatsoever to gather evidence or information after I was granted bail.

Despite the fact he was in theory preparing to go to trial.

Sergeant Stevens’s docket shows that the only activity was by one of Mr de Swardt’s clients, Paula Disberry. Strangely all of these were provided on the same day despite the people having no connection to each other and living on different continents. Precisely at the same time that I was in the middle of litigation with Ms Disberry, indeed at the peak of that litigation, fending off her attempts to take the property back. The entire content of the contribution from Ms Disberry coming in at that point on 7 June.

But having the flimsiest possible docket did not deter Sergeant Stevens and it did not matter, because it was still a docket, and a docket is a very powerful thing if it is in the wrong hands. In Sergeant Stevens’s case, someone who had no problem misusing and abusing his authority and position, to push through the flimsiest possible docket in pursuit of justifying equally flimsy criminal charges to execute an arrest.

A docket where he knew the only evidence was from one of the landlords, whom I was in the middle of very significant civil litigation and conflict, for whom he and Mr de Swardt were actively working.

And there is no question that Sergeant Stevens knew that evidence would be thrown out if the matter ever got to court.

And yet he made no effort to add to or replace that evidence with any of his own.

Despite having full knowledge of the very significant and material lack of any information or evidence, as well as the highly questionable source and credibility of that evidence, its resulting inadmissibility in court at trial, he intended to use the docket itself to maximum effect.

In the lack of any real evidence, the docket had clearly been cobbled together, manipulated and misrepresented, simply to try to create a docket just sufficient enough so that it could pass the minimum requirements of a magistrate.

What is noticeable is the attempts to circumvent, ignore and void due process and the usual conditions of executing an arrest and or a seizure.

The fact the approaches by Serg Stevens for an arrest warrant were declined by Magistrates, speaks volumes.

As does the fact that despite the decline he went on to execute an arrest.

To date I have only been able to find a seizure warrant and cannot finds an arrest warrant.

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THE CONSORTIUM

Including the instruction to object to bail and the sabotaging of the bail application. Instead, he lied to both the prosecution and the court, saying I had never extended, and that I was illegal from March 2021. Including the instruction to object to bail and the sabotaging of the bail application.

8. The Resources Deployed To 'Fill' The Docket

What makes the docket all the more concerning, was that given the resources deployed to filling it should have run to thousands of pages.

The docket spans a period of a year and a half. During which time, a considerable number of people and police stations were actively working on building it. This included:

Hout Bay SAPS.

Camps Bay SAPS.

Belville Commercial Crime.

The Investigating Officer Serg Stevens.

The Investigating Officer Serg Duna.

The Investigating Officer known only as Bennet.

And any other police offers with whom any of the consortium have a special relationship.

Mr de Swardt, Appointed and fully employed for a year of that with the sole purpose of creating sufficient “evidence” or means to remove me.

Denis Dalton and Johan Schalkwyk, the highly questionable pis who had unlimited and unrestricted access to my home, laptops, devices, and all data.

Andre du Rand, the personal security detail they provided who would access my laptops when I was not in the office and search the house when I was out, looking for anything, as well as the suitcase and safe of ash and diamonds.

Paula Disberry, Keith Broad, Inge Broad, Raj Moonsamy who were highly motivated to do whatever was necessary to remove me, which included threatening, blackmail and bribing people they felt may make potential witnesses, threatening them with ten to thirty years unless they signed witness statements written for them and gave evidence to a pre prepared script.

The various attorneys for those individuals.

The numerous articles published via News24 as a result of the relationship with Mr de Swardt (now the subject of a complaint to the press council) including their appeals for victims to come forward (where none did).

And of course, all of my devices, data and documents covering the last 5-8 years that were seized by SAPS.

So, it is hard to think of someone more investigated, more targeted, more of an open book, for whom more data could be held. Which makes the docket, whether initial state, its post arrest state, or its final 2023 state, all the more alarming and highlights the corrupt relationships that were at play?

It would be laughable if Serg Stevens tried to justify this with the excuse of poor, shoddy, or negligent police work. For a docket to be that empty and one where the Investigating Officer had so much opportunity and access to every conceivable piece of information, its state has to have been intentional.

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FALSE WITNESS STATEMENTS

Several witnesses were pressured into signing pre-written statements prepared by SAPS officers and my adversaries. Some later admitted that the statements contained fabrications but that they had felt threatened into signing.

SAPS ignored these retractions and continued using the false statements in court, despite knowing they were invalid.

9. The Suspicious (Internal) Seizure Warrant.

The suspicious circumstances that surround the seizure warrant, and its execution are another clear indication that there was nothing normal, legal, or legitimate about Sergeant Stevens’s arrest and detention.

An application for a seizure warrants somehow justified by a docket that was a year old by that point, a docket on which there had been negligible activity, where what activity there had been all by one of the main protagonists of the campaign, where no victim had come forward, where no new evidence, and absolutely no sudden and urgent need for either an arrest or the seizure of equipment.

An application for a seizure warrant is based on the clear requirement that the information cannot be obtained another way. In this regard as in all others, Sergeant Stevens misled the court, the magistrates that he saw, and possibly those officers that he worked with.

Sergeant Stevens had worked closely with Mr de Swardt for some time by this point and knew that Johan Schalkwyk, Denis Dalton, Mario Boffa and ADR had enjoyed complete and unlimited access to all devices, data, and documents for two months they were at Fisherman’s Bend and found nothing. ADR had also downloaded and stolen the data contents which were passed to Denis Dalton / Johan Schalkwyk and onto Mr de Swardt.

There was no reason to suspect I was about to flee, in particular, because I had invested a fortune in the properties, and it was the properties which generated the revenue on which I lived.

Further, Sergeant Stevens had my passport thereby making fleeing impossible regardless.

Sergeant Stevens was also aware that his colleague Mr de Swardt had my new replacement passport stolen on the instruction of his clients Keith Broad and Paula Disberry.

There was no new information, there was nothing that would suggest any imminent changes of circumstance or intentions.

I had fully cooperated after the first arrest, attended every court appearance, abided by every timeline, condition of bail, and request for information.

In addition, a seizure warrant necessitates some kind of urgency that means seizure, and immediate seizure, is the only practical option to harvest evidence, without such urgent action that evidence will be lost or compromised.

In this regard Sergeant Stevens misled everyone again. There was nothing about the ‘case’ or ‘docket’ that warranted urgent action.

FACT FILE

WHY SAPS NEEDED ME IN PRISON

The police did not care about prosecution—they needed me removed from circulation long enough for my adversaries to take control of my assets.

Every delay, false charge, and legal manipulation served the same purpose: to incapacitate me long enough that my businesses and properties could be stolen.

10. Serg Stevens Corrupt Motivation Behind The Arrest

The urgency did not stem from the needs of an Investigating Officer or an investigation, but the needs of the landlords.

The arrest and the seizure had been left to the last moment, i.e. Until the point at which it was necessary. In the very significant civil court matter between myself and Keith Broad, the court was due to issue its verdict around the end of the first week of December. As such, no one would know what the decision of the court would be until the second week of December. If Keith Broad won, and the court awarded him the property, there would be no need for an arrest. If Keith Broad lost, an appeal had to be prepared and submitted before Monday 19 December, so effectively Friday 16 December. This was a very small window of opportunity.

Therefore, only once that decision was known (5-6 December) and the appeal was drafted and ready (8-12 December), comfortably before the deadline (16 December) was an arrest needed. The arrest happened precisely within that window.

This is why the seizure warrant was only requested the day before the arrest and signed off (BY SAPS OFFICERS) two hours before the arrest itself.

And why even the supposed attempts via the magistrates only took place the day before the arrest. In itself to give the impression of urgency, trying to rush it through, because any examination of the docket and circumstances would have resulted in a rejection.

FACT FILE

NO CONSEQUENCES FOR PERPETRATORS

No one involved in the case ever expected a conviction. The point was never to legally prove any allegations—it was to create enough damage through imprisonment, media lies, and financial ruin that I would never recover.

If the case was legitimate, there would have been evidence, due process, and proper investigations. Instead, there was only a coordinated attack using the legal system as a weapon.

11. Arrest Warrant And Pre-Arrest Paperwork

To date I have been unable to find an application for an arrest warrant or an arrest warrant. I know there was no arrest warrant for the August arrest, nor was there permission to arrest in the jurisdiction of central Cape Town police, and nor was there any form of a docket.

In fact, no one has ever seen any paperwork, or a docket related to that arrest.
I had always assumed there was an arrest warrant for the December arrest because how else would you be able to organise two dozen police officers to raid someone’s home, to have a SWAT team blast their way in and through all five floors of that home, and arrest someone.

However, I have been unable to find an application for an arrest warrant or the arrest warrant itself.

I understand that Sergeant Stevens and Mr de Swardt had the requests for an arrest warrant declined by magistrate(s). [The housekeeper overheard them discussing this]. However, again in breach of due process and the intentional failure to follow due process, they took the identical file to other magistrates to try to get a different outcome.

I do not understand how a police officer can take a docket to a magistrate for an arrest warrant, get rejected, and then take that same docket with no additional evidence to another magistrate until they get the answer they want.

I also do not understand how a police officer can bypass a magistrate when seeking a seizure warrant. The whole purpose of requiring magistrates to grant seizure warrants is precisely to stop the police from granting themselves seizure warrants. But Sergeant Stevens did exactly that, by having an “urgent and necessary” seizure warrant that was neither urgent nor necessary, signed off by a senior colleague.

I can only assume that the real reason that they had the seizure warrant signed off, ostensibly internally, was because it was considered that there were insufficient grounds for a magistrate to justify the issuing of one.

I am sceptical about the credibility of blaming jurisdictional disputes. Llandudno is not some backwater, the various courts and likewise the various police officers and units cannot expect us to believe that they did not know under whose jurisdiction an area fell or that this was the first occasion arrests had been executed in Llandudno. And a few minutes on Google provides the answers.

It simply adds to all of the other flagrant abuses of due process that Sergeant Stevens had a fellow police officer sign off the seizure warrant.

And is also one of two dozen reasons that explains why he tried very hard to keep us from seeing the docket.

THE HOUSEKEEPER

The housekeeper and others who saw the operation at my home that day commented that it looked like an arrest of a president or a drug cartel boss.

12. Serg Stevens ‘14 December Ilandudno Operation.

Regarding the operation of 14 December, the misconduct of Sergeant Stevens was extremely serious. He and Mr de Swardt acted like South American dictators, not South African policemen.

Sergeant Stevens was the only Investigating Officer in regard to the matters, before, during and after the arrest. Everything about the investigation, the arrest, the charges, the bail, the trial all fell within his remit and under his exclusive control.

Officially, therefore, every decision was his, his responsibility and his alone. While I have no doubt that the person calling the shots and giving the orders was Mr de Swardt, Mr de Swardt had no official rank or right to be part of such an operation and therefore Serg Stevens acted as his proxy. Therefore, all decisions and actions were officially those of Serg Stevens

Sergeant Stevens chose the size and makeup of the team that conducted that operation. That size, makeup, and the different departments and units that made it up were wholly inappropriate considering the charges and circumstances.

Sergeant Stevens chose the date.

Sergeant Stevens chose to seek to seize equipment.

Sergeant Stevens chose to include the special task force.

Sergeant Stevens organised every aspect of the operation that day.

Sergeant Stevens had created and facilitated a full media circus, a choreographed exit, my intentional humiliation, and significant press manipulation.

And as I go on to list much else. So Serg Stevens is responsible, liable, and accountable for everything at happened that day.

FACT FILE

SAPS & FORMAL CHARGES

For three months, my legal team requested a formal charge sheet from SAPS. The officers in charge of my case repeatedly failed to provide it, delaying my ability to defend myself.
When the charges were finally disclosed, they contained no evidence, just vague references to allegations that had already been disproven. The delay was intentional—it kept me in prison longer.

13. Serg Stevens Dec 14 Secret Illegal And Unofficial Side Operation Llandudno

And this would include one of the most significant and unlawful aspects of Sergeant Stevens’s operation that day was the illegal, secret unofficial raid and arrest at the other property in Llandudno, 16 Leirmans Road.

Everyone gathered early in the morning of 14 December in the car park of Camps Bay SAPS, to discuss the plans and their roles in the coming day's operation. Then the team headed to Llandudno as one unit, after entering Llandudno a significant part of the team peeled off to go to the other property, just two roads away.

Where this separate team remained for an hour.

While the major component of the team went to Fisherman’s Bend to arrest me.

The unofficial party included Mr de Swardt, several real police officers, and Denis Dalton, another private individual and self-styled private investigator with no police or official rank and who at the time was advertising a PSIRA membership he did not have.

Over the intercom, Mr de Swardt falsely presented himself as a police officer on official police business. “this is the police, open up.”

Once inside the property, he arrested Markus the housekeeper, handcuffing him,

With the group threatening to shoot the housekeeper if he resisted or tried to run.

On realising that Ollie Sokanyile’s girlfriend was of European nationality Mr de Swardt/Denis Dalton decided not to arrest her, instead telling her that she had a choice and could either a) leave immediately and escape arrest or b) remain and be arrested.

Forcing both of them to try to get Ollie Sokanyile to the property so Mr de Swardt / Denis Dalton/ Sergeant Stevens could arrest and imprison him to make good on the threat/promise made by Mr de Swardt 4 months earlier at the July illegal evictions.

Forcing the housekeeper to hand over the keys to the property

Then taking the housekeeper in handcuffs to 32 Fisherman’s Bend to join the official arrest,

Where Mr de Swardt went directly to the 5th floor where Sergeant Stevens and I were located.

Bringing the arrested and handcuffed housekeeper with him, Mr de Swardt entered the bedroom. Sergeant Stevens saw both Mr de Swardt and the handcuffed housekeeper.

Sergeant Stevens had a brief conversation during which they discussed the operation at 16 LR. With Serg Stevens asking how it went and Mr de Swardt showing Serg Stevens the keys. Serg Stevens congratulating Mr de Swardt.

The housekeeper was left standing by the door in full view of Sergeant Stevens while they spoke, and then Mr de Swardt took the handcuffed housekeeper downstairs to wait with the others who had been detained.

Sergeant Stevens cannot claim that he was unaware of or did not authorise and assist in that illegal operation.

This again brings us back to the same question, as to who he was working for, and whose interests in which he was acting.

As the Investigating Officer and the leader of that day’s operation, it is impossible Sergeant Stevens was not fully aware of that illegal operation at 16 LR.

Which had absolutely no official or permitted part in the arrest?

This is covered in detail in the conversations with the housekeeper about the events of that day.

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14. Mr De Swardt And Property Owner Confirmatory Phone Call

During which the housekeeper also mentions that once Ollie’s girlfriend had fled, Mr de Swardt had taken the keys, walked around to inspect the property Mr de Swardt took the housekeeper to fishermen. On the way Mr de Swardt made one phone call. To Inge Broad, the owner of the house he had just taken possession of.

During which Mr de Swardt confirmed that he had been successfully and taken over the property.
They are heard congratulating each other on achieving their goal.
And Mr de Swardt says “We have got him. Her will not be coming back this time.” A clear reference to myself.

MEDIA24 KNOWINGLY PUBLISHED FALSE REPORTS

Media24 was provided with evidence that disproved the allegations against me, yet they refused to update or correct their reporting. Instead, they continued publishing the false claims fed to them by SAPS.

Even after the charges were dropped, Media24 never reported on the collapse of the case, ensuring that the public perception of guilt remained intact.

15. Illegal Arrest 3 Of 4. The Housekeeper At Leirmans

The arrest of Markus the housekeeper was the third illegal arrest executed by Mr de Swardt and his co-conspirators at SAPS in aid of achieving their goal. For the record:

No arrest warrant had been sought or obtained to arrest the housekeeper.

There was no investigation of any kind into the housekeeper.Indeed, the arrest was the first occasion on which Mr de Swardt, Denis Dalton and Serg Stevens had met or officially knew of the housekeeper.

Likewise, no arrest warrant, seizure warrant or warrant of any kind, had been sought that gave these people the right to enter the property. In fact, no permissions of any kind had been sought,

For the simple reason that part of the operation did not officially exist because there was no legal justification for it.

Further, it was direct breach of the High Court interdict issued on 4 august by Judge Van Zyl.

And a breach of the order granting me possessions and ordering the eviction of Mr de Swardt, the 8 thugs and Keith Broad. The same Mr de Swardt who then re-entered the property on the false basis of leading a police officer operation.

His arrest was for no purpose other than to remove him from the property and having changed the locks ensure that was permanent.

BEFORE

AFTER

16. Illegal Arrest 4 Of 4. Ollie Sokanyile

The fourth of four illegal arrests followed in January 2023. This time it was Ollie Sokanyile’s turn. Ollie Sokanyile was the property manager at the time of the illegal evictions and assaults of a few months earlier in July. On 22 July, the guests who were staying at the property enjoying a vacation called to say that nine men had broken and forced their way into the property and were trying to evict them. Ollie went to the property to come to their aid and found Mr de Swardt and 8 huge thugs-for-hire.

Mr de Swardt mad concerted efforts to force the guests to leave, including telling them they had been scammed, failing to see the irony of telling guests who had booked a holiday villa in Llandudno for the week, who were stood in that same holiday villa in Llandudno, enjoy their weeks holiday that they had been scammed.

When this did not work, he lied and told them the thugs were the real guests.

And when that did not work the thugs told the guests to “fucking pack your things., you must go now now.”

Ollie who had done no more than try to protect the guests and resolve the situation was told by Mr de Swardt to go away, when Ollie refused Mr de Swardt said “if you don’t, I will put you in prison.”

This was the reason Mr de Swardt, Denis Dalton were so keen for Ollie to have been present during their illegal operation and why they had pressured his girlfriend and the ho0useekepr to get him to come to the property. All so Mr de Swardt could deliver on his threat of five months earlier.

Having missed that opportunity to exact a spiteful revenge, Mr de Swardt had the housekeeper from Fisherman’s Bend deceive Ollie and lure him to the property on the [pretence he could collect his belongings.

His belongings, like mine, his girlfriends, had been in our homes when our homes wer taken and had not been returned. Mine have still not.

When he arrived, Mr de Swardt, and SAPS officers were waiting. One is believed to be Serg Stevens, but I cannot say that with 100% certainty as one provided their names, ID pr any information.

Mr de Swardt arrested him, handcuffed him, put him in the car and took him to Hout Bay SAPS.

Where they kept him in a cell for a full week before taking him to Wynberg Ct where Mr de Swardt/SAPS tried to have him sent to Pollsmoor but failed when the attorney for Ollie challenged the prosecution about the bogus nature of the charges.

To be clear, Mr de Swardt had achieved his goal by that point, he had taken over the two properties for their owners, stolen all my possessions and saving in doing so and had me locked up in Pollsmoor. Ollie was not part of his mission or brief. Like Markus.

No arrest warrant had been sought or obtained to arrest the housekeeper.

There was no investigation of any kind into the housekeeper.

The arrest and detention were for no other purpose than a spiteful retaliation and a bully’s show of force because Ollie refused to abandon the guests to Mr de Swardt and the thugs.

17. Illegitimate Use Of The Special Task Force.

Serg Stevens also has questions to answer with regard to the completely unnecessary and absurd use of an armed SWAT team. A use that had nothing to do with any genuine concerns or operational needs but was for entirely selfish reasons.

I cannot conceive of any remotely similar arrest where a Specia Task Force team would have been used. The arrest of a 54-year-old man, for three cases of transactional fraud, who had no history of violence, no record of resisting arrest, and no suggestion he was armed or dangerous, indeed nothing whatsoever that could justify the inclusion of an armed SWAT team.

I believe Sergeant Stevens intentionally misled various police officers as to the need for the STF to join the arrest.

I do not pretend to be an expert in such things, but from what I do know the involvement of the STF is usually reserved for arrests where there is a genuine expectation that there are firearms on the property which could be used against the police, or arrest involving very high-profile targets, arrests for firearm-related offences, sometimes for issues related to narcotics. Sergeant Stevens cannot claim there were any similar concerns.

One of the real reasons was to aid in maximising humiliation, personal and public.

Helping to generate media interest, yet more damaging articles, and even further damage to my reputation.

Helping Sergeant Stevens and Mr de Swardt continue to build the idea that they were the heroes in this story, investigating and taking down some international fraudsters.

It also added credibility and legitimacy to what were entirely false accusations, as the STF, much like the raid and arrest itself, gave everyone the clear impression the charges were legitimate, and the crimes were very serious. Why else would the police invest much time and resources in an arrest unless the suspect was a very serious and significant criminal?

But the main reason was to help Sergeant Stevens, Mr de Swardt, and Denis Dalton in their search for the safe with the diamonds and the cash. Which was the main reason for the seizure warrant as well.

Any normal arrest for three charges of transactional fraud would be a very quick process; arrive, arrest and leave. However, my home was enormous at circa 20,000 sq. Ft, and had over thirty rooms, it would have been impossible to have searched the property for the safe without making it very obvious.

As such, the STF enable t the fastest possible search of the property, while also disguising the true purpose.

POLICE BLOCKED ACCESS TO LEGAL COUNSEL

SAPS officers actively restricted my ability to communicate with my attorneys, delaying meetings, denying access to documents, and creating procedural obstacles to prevent me from mounting a proper defense.

By limiting my access to legal counsel, SAPS ensured that I remained at a disadvantage, unable to challenge the false allegations effectively.

18. Unjustifiable Risk To Life.

Another issue is the real risk to life: By definition of including a large team of heavily armed military personnel, no doubt told to expect some form of resistance, psyched up and ready for trouble, storming a property that had multiple people inside, that had so many rooms over such a large area, there was a very real risk something could go very wrong, with someone accidentally injured or killed as a result.

Doors were brown open, STF personnel scaling walls and crashing into rooms, pointing armed assault weapons at those in the rooms. When they burst into my bedroom, several came from the stairwell and others from the other side via the left. Had someone given the impression of learning to get something it is very conceivable someone could have gotten shot.

Sergeant Stevens is responsible for creating that situation and a set of circumstances with many potentially dangerous or fatal outcomes, and he did so with no possible legitimate basis for their inclusion.

Rather, the inclusion of the special the inclusion of the special task force was too purely personal reasons and highly illegal ones at that.

THE MEDIA ATTACKS

FACT FILE

The media attacks against me were not just about reputation—they served a legal purpose. False reports were used to:

Influence the courts against me.

Create public pressure to deny me bail.

Destroy my credibility so that my defense would be ignored.

19. Conspiracy To Commit Theft (The Safe, The Suitcase Of Cash And Diamonds)

This helps explain why Sergeant Stevens departed from the accepted policy and rules of arrest, again failing to follow procedure, acting with criminal intent. Taking me to the master bedroom unaccompanied by any other officers.

Serg Stevens did so on the false premise that I now needed to show him each room of the property myself. This mad no sense to me at the time because the police had by then already searched every room.

They had done so with the housekeepers showing them around, which I also thought strange as my understanding is that I should have been present in each room as it was searched. Rather they asked the two housekeepers, one of whom was a casual worker and the other was the head housekeeper clement+++

Only when I walked in did I realise it was a set-up. Waiting for me in the bedroom as if it were just a coincidence was Mr de Swardt and Denis Dalton. As soon as I walked in, they demanded to know where the safe was hidden. I asked, “what safe?” They replied, “the big one behind the secret wall” When I told them they were in the wrong property and several months too late, as that was in the Camps Bay villa, which had been lost after the first arrest Denis Dalton, Mr de Swardt, and Sergeant Stevens were all visibly surprised, disappointed, and angry.

Their intel had obviously been that it was at my home in Fisherman’s Bend.

But then their intel also included what I had dismissed at the time as an absurd notion that also hidden in my home was a suitcase of diamonds and cash. But greed is powerful emotion, and that rumour soon became fact in the minds of those who wanted to find it. Andre du Rand the personal security detail had been told by Denis Dalton, Johan Schalkwyk , Mr de Swardt to find it while he was living at the property and would search the house on the few occasions I was out of the house.

Sergeant Stevens grabbed me by the arms and pushed me out of the room. When I asked, “what about the rest of the tour,” he just pushed me forward, told me to keep walking and mind my own business. Taking me to the kitchen and then out towards the front. After the master bedroom, we did not check any of the rooms as per his justification for my sudden trip to my bedroom.

When Serg Stevens asked me to sign forms to say I was happy with the search, arrest etc I told him that I was not.

FACT FILE

LEGAL COUNSEL BLOCKED

By limiting my access to legal counsel, SAPS ensured that I remained at a disadvantage, unable to challenge the false allegations effectively.

20. Serg Stevens And Mr De Swardt’s Unlawful Joint Operation. Who Was In Charge.

No position in SAPS, and no official or legal role in the arrest, was, by everyone's assessment, clearly in charge of the entire operation, giving orders, and controlling personnel who deferred to him. "I thought he was the chief of police," the housekeeper said.

Mr. De Swardt has no position in SAPS, any government unit, body, or department.
Serg Stevens was acutely aware of the mandate that Mr de Swardt was working to fulfil on behalf of his clients.
Even the most cursory involvement of Mr de Swardt in the raid, search, or arrest was highly suspect and could undermine the investigation and arrest, as well as open the entire operation up to well-founded allegations and render any evidence obtained useless in court. Serg Stevens was aware of this.
However, Mr de Swardt was not merely assigned a key role; he was given THE key role, clearly in charge, clearly giving the orders, and clearly running the entire show.

FACT FILE

THE CONSORTIUM

Multiple witnesses later admitted that they were pressured by SAPS officers into signing false statements. Some were given pre-written affidavits and told to sign them without reading.

Despite these retractions, SAPS continued using the false witness statements in court, proving that the case was never about uncovering the truth—only about keeping me in prison.

21. Serg Stevens Team, Co-Conspirators And Colleagues: Denis Dalton, Wouter De Swardt & Johan Schalkwyk

People often say that you can judge a person by the company they keep. Should this be the case, Serg Stevens would face severe criticism. His close and highly inappropriate relationship with Denis Dalton, Johan Schalkwyk, and Mr. De Swardt was alarming, can have no legitimate justification and given their criminal conduct can only have been for equally criminal reasons.

It is hard to even imagine what the justification Serg Stevens would attempt to give for the presence and involvement of private investigators like Denis Dalton and Johan Schalkwyk in the December 14 operation. People who had no role in the investigation and no legal or official purpose being there.

Furthermore, Denis Dalton and Johan Schalkwyk were not even registered with PSIRA at the time, despite their advertising to the contrary. They deceived everyone, me included, into believing they were genuine private investigators with PSIRA membership and a whole list of qualifications.

Denis Dalton and Johan Schalkwyk were actively working for the “consortium” (the clients of Mr. De Swardt), with as well as for and with Mr. De Swardt.

We had instructed them to investigate the consortium and compile evidence of their crimes and proof of my innocence, but Mr de Swardt and Paula Disberry had flipped them the prospect of getting rich off of the spoils of their campaign, including planting the idea of the suitcase of cash and diamonds as well as the bank accounts supposedly containing millions.

The conduct of Denis Dalton and Johan Schalkwyk included, but not limited to:

Stealing my replacement passport for Mr de Swardt, instructed by Paula Disberry to do so, with the of knowledge of everyone working on putting me in prison, including Serg Stevens.
Passing the passport to Mr de Swardt, who handed it to Paula Disberry and Serg Stevens.
Downloading the data from my devices and passing it to Mr de Swardt to pass on to Paula Disberry and Serg Stevens.
Providing Mr de Swardt with the passwords to our platform accounts to access the accounts, download data and sabotage or steal bookings, which he passed on.
Threatening and harassing potential witnesses into signing witness statements written for them by Paula Disberry/ Mr de Swardt.
Forcibly taking witness statements under duress, including taking Mario Boffa to an undisclosed address to a deserted property and threatening him.

Most significantly:

Using any opportunity when I was out to search the property for the safe that everyone thought obtained diamonds and cash.
Embezzling over a million Rand during their three weeks in charge of security and investigating Mr de Swardt.
Their conspiracy in an intricate plan to drug me and access the bank accounts.
And if that did not work, torture me for the details, access he bank accounts, transfer the balance to themselves and then murder me and dispose of the body.Setting up an online villa agency to scam guests, a fraud set up in the image of the one I was alleged to have run.

Setting up an online villa agency to scam guests, a fraud set up in the image of the one I was alleged to have run.

FACT FILE

THE CONSORTIUM

During my arrest, SAPS confiscated my phones, laptops, and business records under the false pretense of "investigation." Even after the case collapsed, they refused to return them.

These devices contained financial records proving the allegations were false, so SAPS kept them to prevent me from exposing the truth.

22. The Illegal, Corrupt, Unjustified Role Of The Three “Private Investigators” Denis Dalton, Wouter De Swardt And Johan Schalkwyk

The tripartite relationship and dynamic of that day, was both alarming and confusing to me.

When I did some research, I established that private investigators could have a more prominent role in an investigation than would be the case or would ever be permitted in the UK. But there are limits, especially at key, crucial and sensitive moments such an arrest, search, and seizure.

For Mr de Swardt to be present, PSIRA or not, considering he made no secret of his plans for me, cannot have been legal.

For Denis Dalton and Johan Schalkwyk to be present, particularly bearing in mind their very recent history of embezzlement, fraud, theft, blackmail, and the conspiracy to drug, torture and murder, cannot have been legal.

Even less legal bearing in mind they were not PSIRA members at the time.

I was them and remain now baffled how they suddenly found themselves involved in the ‘investigation’ and promoted to a position of seniority that they wer enow helping Mr de Swardt to lead the operation.

As baffled when I discovered that it was Denis Dalton and Mr de Swardt who had been in charge and lead the illegal and secret police operation at my other Llandudno property.

And most baffled that Mr de Swardt and Denis Dalton were allowed to walk around my home unsupervised and unaccompanied going wherever they as if they owned it.

FACT FILE

THE CONSORTIUM

Despite overwhelming evidence of police misconduct, fabricated charges, and perjury, no SAPS officer has been investigated or disciplined.

The reason is simple: the same system that allowed them to target me also protects them from accountability. This case is not unique—it is a symptom of a broken justice system.

23. The Nature And Depth Of The Relationships Between Mr De Swardt, His Clients And Belville Commercial

Belville Commercial Crime and Hout By SAPS, or with which officers specifically they have relationships, but i am absolutely certain that such relationships have played a very significant part.

It is possible that Wouter has been able to persuade Belville that i was some arch criminal, although that neither explains no excuses their many crimes in pursuit of me,

To my mind the police involved can be split into five categories:

Those who worked with and for Mr de Swardt and knew of the truth, knew the real motivation and objectives, and knew I was to be removed regardless and in spite of the evidence. I would put Serg Stevens and Serg Duna firmly in that group. As well as Denis Dalton and Johan Schalkwyk. This group knew what the campaign was about, who the clines were, what their objectives were and we happy to do whatever was necessary to achieve those objectives,
Those who Serg Duna, Serg Stevens and Mr de Swardt shared some of that information with and were happy to assist.
Those who Serg Duna, Serg Stevens and Mr de Swardt were able to convince I was a fraudster and should be taken down by whatever means, without due process, evidence or all the norms of an investigation and prosecution. Essentially the end justifying the means.
Those who Serg Duna, Serg Stevens, Mr de Swardt or Belville and Hout Bay senior officers were able to convince I was a fraudster and who were not privy to things like the docket, evidence, or anything that would suggest it was anything other than a legitimate operation.
Those simply following orders, e.g. Support officers and Special Task force involved in the 1 December operation.

I do not know who, but I am also confident that there had to have been senior officers at Belville Commercial Crimes that fall into one of the first three categories. The way the “investigation” was managed, the way they were happy to sign off seizure warrants, to sanction illegal operations, to aid in what was clearly a property grab, to ignore every signal that things were highly suspicious, the targeted pursuit of me, none of this would be possible without one or more senior officers’ support.

The fact that Paula Disberry was in charge of the docket and he investigation from December 2021 through to July 2022 when Mr de Swardt took over also suggests direct relationships between the key players and one or more senior officers at Belville Commercial Crime. Mr de Swardt’s very close working relationship with officers at Belville Commercial Crime would suggest the same.

What i do know is that whatever the relationship and the motivation a few people have managed to hijack and then weaponize the resources of an entire unit.
I remain aghast that Serg Stevens was able to motivate, organise and execute an operation that was more like an invasion than an arrest. Two dozen different personnel in my home, more guns than in a movie and the cost and resources must be enormous. For what?
What I am absolutely certain of was that Sergeant Stevens knew there was no fraud or scamming, If he thought there was, he would have investigated it. But there is not the slightest hint if an investigation. Affidadavits provided by my then enemy, not one single item that he had contributed to the docket before my arrest, and the sole item in the docket he obtained was the HAD affidavit, obtained weeks after my arrest.
It is inconceivable that even the sloppiest most negligent police officer who was genuinely investigating a matter could have produced so little, in fact nothing. Yet he felt able to execute an arrest, then object to bail then extend my remand, take my home, my keys pass them to the owner, and justify two dozen personnel and an armed swat team.
And I am as confident that at least one senior officer at Belville Commercial Crime, although possibly more was also privy to the real motivation, context, and goals. I simply cannot accept that Serg Stevens and Mr de Swardt alone could deceive an entire unit. Unless they had help from someone very senior.

FACT FILE

THE CONSORTUIM

If police, prosecutors, and journalists can conspire to destroy someone without evidence, then no one is safe. My case was extreme, but the tactics used—false allegations, media manipulation, and the abuse of legal loopholes, are the same tactics used in many cases where the system is exploited for private gain.

The failure to hold anyone accountable proves that this can and will happen again.

24. Hout Bay SAPS

I am absolutely confident that Mr de Swardt and Keith Broad had Hout Bay SAPS in its entirety on side and that the commander there was deeply involved. A close friend I was told of Keith Broad and Mr de Swardt, the way his station was used for the first arrest, second arrest, third arrest, fourth arrest (OS), first detention, second detention third detonation (OS), as well as his refusal to execute the arrest warrant issued for Keith Broad, and instead allowing me to be arrested with no paperwork, docket or evidence, shows the relationship was very close and certainly not lawful

25. False Affidavit Of Serg Stevens To Aid In His Malicious Prosecution.

There was no part of Serg Stevens’s operation of 14 December that related to the issues of immigration, visas, or passports. Sergeant Stevens committed perjury by lying on the affidavit given four months after the arrest in April 2023, stating that he had asked me about my passport, discussed my visa/immigration states, and my illegal status in SA etc in a retroactive attempt to insert the charge into something it played no part in.

The affidavit is wholly and demonstrably false.

Self-evidently false - as the Investigating Officer would hardly ask the suspect for his passport when everyone including the suspect, and the Investigating Officer knew the Investigating Officer had his passport.

Self-evidently a lie as the visa, immigration or passport issue is not mentioned in any of the documentation before the arrest.

Self-evidently a lie as there is no mention of these matters in the application for a seizure warrant either. Something that would be highly relevant in creating the impression it was both necessary and urgent if Serg Stevens could mispresent or imply I may fly away and flee.

Self-evidently a lie because there is no mention of these issues in any of the affidavits or documents provided by the other officers involved in the operation.

Nor is there any mention in any of the post-arrest paperwork.

Nor did it form any part of documentation completed relating to the remand or imprisonment, which reflected only “fraud x 3”, including on the documentation sent to Pollsmoor and even my prison card.

As well as the documentation that the prison produces with each appearance at court.

In truth, other than the false affidavit of Sergeant Stevens and the two incorrect HAD affidavits, one obtained by each I.O, including the one that Sergeant Stevens obtained six weeks after the arrest purportedly from the Home Affairs Department employee, there is not a single other SAPS document related to the immigration issue.

FACT FILE

THE CONSORTUIM

Sergeant Stevens and his associates intentionally created victims by withholding critical information from Booking.com, ensuring that 1,440 expected guests arrived to find themselves stranded.

Despite multiple chances to notify the platform and prevent losses, they chose to let the situation escalate. Instead of helping guests recover their money, they manipulated them into believing they had been scammed, diverting them from refunds and pressuring them to lay criminal charges.

This fabricated victimhood was then used to gain an advantage in civil court and justify extended incarceration, demonstrating a calculated abuse of power.

26. The Identical Strategy, Conduct And Crimes Of Serg Duna And Serg Stevensining me.

When I compared the conduct of Sergeant Duna and Sergeant Stevens to see if there were any similarities, I wrote a list of everything that happened and how they behaved. I could think of seventy things that stood out about both arrests, things that were unusual, criminal, unlawful, concerning, detours from standard conduct or procedure, and things which should not or would not usually happen in a normal arrest.

I then went through the two different arrests, by the two different Investigating Officer’s. The results are astonishing, alarming, and highly relevant. What the table shows is that Serg Duna and Serg Stevens acted identically on 68 out of 71.

The list which included the breaches of the codes of ethics, the crimes/unlawful actions, all the matters that represented obstruction and frustration of justice, unlawful arrest, unlawful detention, neglect of duty, breach of due process etc. So in theory, as no Investigating Officer should have conducted themselves in any way other than by the book., neither of their lists should have included any such issues. Yet each I.O’s investigation, each I.O’s arrest, each I.O’s detention, each I.O’s approach, methods and aims and each I.O’s handling of the pre bail application and bail application stages were like a carbon copy of the others.

The only differences I could find were at the margins. For example, Duna/Mr de Swardt pinged my phone to find me, but Serg Stevens did not; Serg Stevens motivated the use of the Special Task force and Serg Duna did not; and Duna had absolutely no docket, whereas Serg Stevens there was at least something called a docket.

Other than that, everything about the way they managed things was the same.

As each of the seventy actions would be considered unusual, as almost all would be considered conduct unbecoming of a police officer, and as the majority were illegal, it is very clear these are not coincidences.

The common denominator between the two Investigating Officer’s was Mr de Swardt and his clients, in particular the campaign and goals, things they all universally shared.

And I do not think that it a controversial statement to make, but the actions of Serg Stevens and Serg Duna were very clearly always in pursuit of the goals of Mr de Swardt and his clients.

Goals, as well as conduct, methods, that I had outlined in multiple court papers, emails, and documents long before the arrest took place and long before I had even heard of or met Serg Stevens

The application we submitted to the High Court in October 2022 details the corruption, crimes and methods of Belville Commercial Hout Bay and the investigating officer. Again, It was drafted a full two months before I had contacted with Serg Stevens and yet the behaviour and conduct it describes were repeated by Serg Stevens in every regard when it was his turn to do the arresting and detaining.

[CASE NO. 7902.22 APPLICATION TO HEAR ORAL EVIDENCE AND AFFIDAVIT]

27. The Suspicious And Knowingly False Home Affairs Department Affidavits.

Of equal concern are the two affidavits purportedly from the Home Affairs dept. I say purportedly because the affidavits are both false and the statements made within them are an impossibility. With both of the Home Affairs Dept employees swearing under oath that I was illegal when my initial leave to stay of 90 days from the point of landing had ended on 23 March 2021

Despite the fact that it would have been impossible for any Home Affairs Department employee not to have known of the automatic extension the department had issued throughout all of 2021. Especially as this was the department's most significant policy of the last decade.

Despite the fact that I had physically extended my visa in late 2021 which took me into 2022.

Despite the fact that if you look at the Home Affairs Department paperwork itself which includes a printout from the Home Affairs Department database, in the corner are the dates I was permitted to be in SA until, and it shows 31.12.21. Showing this date on FOUR different documents that the very same people writing the affidavits provided

So, their own department's official documentation (that they had included in the file they sent) clearly showed that their statement that I was illegal as of 23 March 2021 was false.

For one Home Affairs Department employee to have made such a fundamental ‘mistake’ would be highly unusual.

For two Home Affairs Department employees, from two different offices, provided five months part, to have made the same fundamental mistake, is impossible.

The only common denominator between these two Home Affairs Department employees was Belville Commercial, the corrupt Investigating Officer and Mr de Swardt who were the ones to procure both affidavits and then submit the fabricated evidence in criminal proceedings.
It was the initial opinion of the visa agency that the affidavits were so inaccurate that they had to be forgeries. It was the attorney's view that the affidavits were from actual Home Affairs Department employees but were knowingly false in exchange for bribes or other inducements. Or that they were pressured into providing inaccurate information. Whatever the explanation they were requested , processed, and introduced by the Investigating Officer and the Investigating Officer is responsible for these demonstrably false affidavits.
Where this becomes very significant is the number of occasions this issue and these documents were used to cause me very significant harm, to detain me and to keep me detained. Serg Stevens presented information and documents he knew to be false to the courts to send and keep me in Pollsmoor prison, and for as long as he was able to maintain the charade he intended to go to and prosecute a trial.

FACT FILE

CORRUPT CONDUCT

I do not pretend to know the provenance or the authenticity of the Home Affairs Department's affidavits. But what I do know is that no Home Affairs Department employee, let alone two Home Affairs Department employees could not have made such significant mistakes or provided statements that ran contrary to the information on their systems and information that they enclosed with their statements.

Manging somehow to completely forget the Covid19 pandemic and suddenly unable to read the data they printed out and they attached to their affidavits.

28. Formal Complaint to Home Affairs Dept Re Serg Stevens And Request For An Investigation

This was one of the reasons for my formal complaint to the Home Affairs Department to motivate an investigation into how Sergeant Stevens came to be in possession of these statements that purported to be speaking on behalf of the Home Affairs Department.

Whether the employees were complicit, whether they were threatened, bribed or deceived, whether the documents were genuine or forgeries, and hopefully to motivate the Home Affairs Department to take action as it would appear that their power and authority were intentionally used and misrepresented by Sergeant Stevens in pursuit of his attempts to arrest me, remand me and extend remand for as long as possible
I cannot say what the outcome of any investigation will be, but I am confident it will find that some very dodgy went on.

Letter Of Good Cause To The Director General Of Home Affairs.

This has also been a significant part of the reason I have had to submit a Letter of Good Cause to the Director General of Home Affairs.

Because of the actions of Belville Commercial, Serg Stevens, Serg Duna, as well as Mr de Swardt, Paula Disberry, Denis Dalton, Keith Broad, et al, I was unable to extend my visa through 2022 and almost half of 2023. As such, when I was finally able to apply for an extension, it was a year and a half later than I should have.
The correct procedure is to submit a Letter of Good Cause to the Director General of Home Affairs. Which I did earlier this year, although like much else have yet to hear.
I have also specifically asked not to have to file any forms or requests via immigration offices for fear of interference.
Having complied with every visa and immigration rule from the first time I came to SA two decades ago and in all of the eight or so years I have lived here over that time, the only reason I did not in 2022 and 2023 was because of the illegal conduct of Serg Stevens, Belville Commercial and Serg Duna

Sergeant Stevens' Unlawful And Corrupt Actions On Behalf Of The Landlords.

The highly suspect, unethical, and illegal relationship Sergeant Stevens has with the landlords. His interaction with them is of very considerable concern. Sergeant Stevens cannot pretend the interaction and relationship had anything to do with the case against me or gathering evidence as there are no contributions from Keith Broad, Inge Broad, or Ragi Moonsamy on file or in the docket.

Why then was he enabling the illegal takeovers of the properties?
And why was he communicating with them, about them, and arranging their return to the property as soon as I had been taken away?

"The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being." Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

29. Unlawful Eviction At 32 Fisherman’s Bend

As Sergeant Stevens was taking me through the garage to the car, I said to the staff who were standing there in handcuffs, “Please don’t let them take the property, that’s why they are all here.” Considering what was happening, the amount of manpower, resources and planning that had gone into that operation, the idea that once I had been taken away anyone would be able to do anything to stop the takeover was naïve at best.

Just as I said that Sergeant Stevens took out the keys to my home ( a large bunch that looked as though it was a combination of the housekeeps keys that he must have taken from the housekeepers and my own keys that he must have taken from my office).

He then handed the keys to my home to Mr de Swardt (to pass to the owner Raj Moonsamy), which he did a few minutes later.

Serg Stevens did not make the slightest attempt to conceal the fact that he was handing the keys to my home to someone who had no right to have them, but every motivation to want them.

In no arrest, and under no circumstances would it ever be usual, legal, or proper to take the house keys of the arrested person’s home. And even worse, in no arrest, would the Investigating Officer then give those keys away.

In any normal arrest the occupant and legal tenant would retain ownership and control of their own house keys, and it would be for them alone to decide those to whom they were given.

Serg Stevens had no right to be holding my keys in the first place. Serg Stevens had no right to take them from me or the housekeepers. They were my keys, it was my home, I had a legal and valid lease, and I had spent R2,000,000 refurbishing it, R1,500,000 in rent and utilities, including R250,000 in rent just a few days earlier.

I was the sole legal tenant

No court order existed giving anyone the right to occupy that property or remove me. That Sergeant Stevens knew it was my home is indisputable. He was arresting me in my bedroom, in my home and all of the paperwork including the seizure paperwork makes it very clear it’s my home. By handing my keys to anyone he committed a serious crime. By handing them to Mr de Swardt, the man who had been employed for that very purpose, demonstrates the real purpose of the arrests and operation that day, and demonstrates the extent and the depth of the corruption, criminality, and misconduct of Sergeant Stevens.

As well as answering the question of who he was working for, why and to what end.

In the car on the way to Hout Bay Saps when we had not yet even left Llandudno, Sergeant Stevens said “Ragi is on his way”, At first, I thought he was talking to me, but he was either talking to one of the other officers in the car or whoever he was on the phone to.

Apart from the fact that it was revealing that he referred to him by his nickname. (His name is Rajiv Moonsamy, yet Sergeant Stevens called him “Ragi” and only those close to him would have used the nickname.), what was he doing getting involved in that.

As per the testimony of the housekeeper, Ragi walked into the house minutes after I was taken away in what had been a pre-planned re-entry, a few minutes later the owner's PA arrived and then two other employees. Mr de Swardt gave him the keys that Sergeant Stevens had given him to the landlord.

Mr de Swardt, Ragi, his PA, two employees and clement then went into private meeting in my office.

The unlawful manoeuvres to keep me in Pollsmoor allowed the owners to consolidate that theft.

Thanks to Sergeant Stevens, all this was done with no consequences or comeback for the owners, and to everyone on the outside appeared to be a legitimate police operation with no connection to them.

As such, on 14 December Sergeant Stevens managed to effectively ensure a successful execution of an illegal eviction, by disguising it as an arrest.

FACT FILE

CORRUPT CONDUCT

Mr. de Swardt’s dossier, built on guests’ distress, was used to falsely claim that eleven groups had been scammed. In reality, only one booking was legitimate, while others involved funds misappropriated by third parties. Despite this, de Swardt and Keith Broad misrepresented all eleven cases in court, omitting key facts about the original bookings. This manipulation helped push Broad’s appeal through unchallenged, as all critical evidence was locked away by SAPS, preventing any defense against their fabrications.

30. Unlawful Eviction At 16 Leirmans Road

Likewise, Sergeant Stevens’s interest in the success of the secret and illegal operation by Mr de Swardt, Denis Dalton, and the SAPS officers at the other property, when Mr de Swardt returned.

And the fact Mr de Swardt felt it appropriate to show Sergeant Stevens the keys to 16 LR as if showing off a prize.

The success of the illegal eviction at 16 LR was entirely due to the unlawful assistance, cover and means provided by Sergeant Stevens.

Mr de Swardt then passed the keys to 16 LR to the owners, his clients.

Although this time, the disguise was for the benefit of the occupants and anyone watching as they had not attempted to legitimatise, justify, explain, or seek consent for the raid and arrests at 16 LR.

As with Fisherman’s Bend, I was the sole legal tenant.

No court order existed giving anyone the right to occupy that property or remove me.

In fact, a court order existed, reaffirming my right to occupy the property and my right alone.

As well as an interdict against Keith Broad and anyone working for him.

As well as a Protection order explicitly prohibiting such action.

That Sergeant Stevens knew it was my home is indisputable. He was arresting me in my bedroom, in my home and all of the paperwork including the seizure paperwork makes it very clear it’s my home. By handing my keys to anyone he committed a serious crime.

FACT FILE

CORRUPT CONDUCT

On 6 January, Sergeant Stevens falsely claimed more time was needed for a "money laundering" investigation—charges that never materialized. He and Sergeant Duna repeatedly obstructed justice, fabricated evidence, and followed instructions from Mr. de Swardt.

When ordered to verify exonerating evidence, they ignored the court’s directive. Even seasoned attorneys were shocked by the blatant misconduct, highlighting the near-total impunity corrupt officers enjoy in South Africa.

31. Serg Stevens Denial Of My Rights After Arrest

Sergeant Stevens was solely responsible for the denial of my rights.

First at the arrest refusing my requests to call my attorney: At the house, when I asked Sergeant Stevens if I could call my attorney, he asked me for the number. To which I replied I did not know their number off by heart, but it is in my phone... Sergeant Stevens refused to help and replied, “You can’t have your phone it’s already been logged into evidence.”

I asked if someone could google the number and get it as I knew the name and address of the firm. Sergeant Stevens again refused to help and replied, “And how are you going to call them, you don’t have a phone now.”

A Hawks officer (friendly and professional unlike the majority there) overheard and said it would be fine to find the number through the clear plastic bag, Sergeant Stevens reluctantly agreed. I suspect only because now others were aware of his obstruction. But he then took over and insisted he dial the number, keeping the screen and keypad away from me. When he dialled, he waited a matter of seconds and then hung up and said, “No one is answering, that’s your call.”

The two issues with this:

Firstly, he did not leave a telephone ring for more than a couple of rings, which was unreasonable.

Secondly, when I asked the attorneys later whether they had a missed call that day, they went and checked and confirmed they did not. So, it would seem he rang a number, but it was not the attorney’s number, and I suspect he did so intentionally.

When I arrived at Hout Bys SAPS and asked again, Sergeant Stevens refused. He told me he would arrange a call when I was being processed. However, he did not return to process me for about three days.
Every time an officer passed by the cell, I asked to make a call, and each one said, only your Investigating Officer can authorise that and he has to be present and happy to sanction it.
One friendly officer who had been there in August told me that I was wasting my time as Sergeant Stevens had instructed everyone to give me no assistance and turn away any visitors.
I was only able to get a call when Sergeant Stevens returned to process me. He had to do something at the front desk, so sat me there to wait. I took the opportunity of there being members of the public close by in the reception area to ask asking him very loudly if I could now make my call after being refused for three days. He reluctantly agreed and finally got my call.

ONLY MANAGING TO GET A CALL TO MY ATTORNEYS THREE DAYS AFTER BEING ARRESTED, AND ONLY THEN BECAUSE THE CIRCUMSTANCES MADE IT VERY HARD FOR HIM TO DECLINE.

32. Manipulation And Fabrication To Intentionally Misrepresent The Case Including The Total Absence Of Any Interest In, Or Attempt To, Investigate

At no point during the five days, I was kept in the cells at Hout Bay SAPS did Sergeant Stevens ask me any questions related to the cases.

On one occasion he asked, “Do you want to make a statement” I replied, “Yes, once my attorneys are here.” (this was before I had finally been able to make a call to them). His reply was “Ok, so, you’re refusing to make a statement.” I said, “No, that’s not what I said, I said once my attorneys…….” He interrupted me and said “As I said, you’re refusing to make a statement. Noted” and walked off.

Then, just before being moved to Wynberg Mgs Court on 19 December, as we waited to go out to the transport, he asked “So, do you still not want to make a statement”. Conscious of not giving him any opportunity to imply I was not being cooperative I said a simple “YES. I do.” Sergeant Stevens replied, “Okay, so you want to confess then.” I was taken aback. I replied, “No I do not.,” Sergeant Stevens laughed and walked off.

This mirrors the experience of the first arrest when the Investigating Officer finally told me that I was being arrested for “theft of three old TVS” several days into the stay at Hout Bay, after he too had refused to let me make a call, and as I went to reply to the accusation, and begun to explain, he shut the folder and said, “tell that to the court, it does not concern me”.

So, for the entire time I was kept in the cells at Hout Bay, which was a total of ten days across the two arrests, the Investigating Officers did not ask me a single question about any of the cases.

The reason I mention this is because my responses would have been academic and irrelevant as they were not arresting me with the intention of having a trial. And they were not arresting me as a result of an investigation. Nor were they arresting me to help with an investigation. But rather they were arresting me and keeping the charade of a bone fide investigation, so that they could incarcerate me until they could not hold me any longer.

In reality, any statement I would make or questions I would answer would prove an inconvenient truth.

"The function of the press is very high. It is almost holy. It ought to serve as a forum for the people, through which the people may know freely what is going on."

- Louis D. Brandeis

33. The Illegal Purposes and Reasons For The Lack Of Any Investigation

If Sergeant Stevens is to be believed, the arrest was for three charges of fraud. Five if you include the two charges Sergeant Stevens added while I was in the cells at Hout Bay SAPS. The allegation was that I was running a sophisticated fraud, which covered the six substantial luxury villas that I had long leased and refurbished.

A supposedly very active and elaborate as well as a very lucrative scam that was creating thousands of victims in SA and all over the world, including making double, triple and quadruple bookings. And that according to Mr de Swardt in the articles he provided for News24 which Sergeant Stevens as well as colleagues at Belville Commercial Crime were only too happy to participate in, I had defrauded guests out of R32 million in the preceding year.

In no similar or remotely similar investigation ever, would the suspect not be interviewed.

Fraud cases are usually the most complex to come before a court, they certainly generate the most information and documentation. An Investigating Officer would usually conduct multiple extensive interviews with a suspect arrested for fraud. Especially because in a fraud case, the details matter. Yet neither Investigating Officer spent even one minute asking me a single question.

Very importantly, if I were the fraudster that they claimed I was and that was genuinely what the arrest was for, there would be a very serious and urgent need to understand the operation. Whether to:
1. Obtain information for a pending prosecution,
2. To aid with the current investigation, and
3. More immediately to prepare the state counterargument if it was going to object to bail.

In addition, and crucially, to identify past victims, current victims, and most importantly those who would soon become victims. Whether to avert that happening, to identify them for use as witnesses, or to identify those who would have a claim to whatever cash and assets the business had in the event of a prosecution and guilty verdict. Capturing the essential information as soon as possible to act upon it.

The alleged scam was based on the premise the online profiles would process these phantom bookings, so the scope and potential for victims were enormous. And as platforms like Booking.com are almost entirely automated, the considerable potential for new victims, certainly did not end with my arrest.

If anything, the potential to create victims was far greater after my arrest as the booking system would continue to accept and process bookings with no human supervision, and every one of these bookings would end in disaster as those villas were no longer in my possession.

By definition, the fact that people make bookings for stays in the future and sometimes well into the future, the booking, the transaction, and the stay come at different points in time. It is a chain of events and a sequence the police would need to interrupt to mitigate further losses and victims.

But the Investigating Officer did not ask a single question. Despite the fact that the very nature of the business of taking bookings from guests for stays at the properties for dates spanning a year into the future would mean there were potentially hundreds of bookings and thousands of guests who were still to arrive for their stays. It would be essential to interview the accused as soon as possible so these guests could be identified, contacted and warned. And at the very least establish the routes with which they could avert the disaster.

As well as obtain basic details about the operation and the systems to shut it down and stop it, otherwise if the system remained operational and online this alleged scam would simply continue creating a whole new batch of victims.

Further, if the arrest were for fraud and the result of a genuine investigation who is to say I did not have accomplices, or a system set up that my absence meant the fraud could continue In any arrest for fraud, these would be serious and urgent considerations.

But they did not ask a single question, and that was for two reasons.
1. Firstly, it was not a genuine investigation in any respect, but merely a cover or disguise for the illegal actions of Sergeant Stevens on behalf of the landlords. So, the “facts” were of no interest, and as mentioned, the facts would be seriously inconvenient.
2. Secondly, stopping guests from arriving was the opposite of what they wanted. They wanted and needed guests to arrive so they could be turned into victims and from victims manipulated into laying criminal charges.

To supplant the current criminal charges when they inevitably came under scrutiny and failed,
To bolster a wholly fully inadequate docket,
Aid in trying to get bail declined, legitimise the fabrications that they had been making for a year,
Provide “evidence” and “victims” in light of their total failure over the last year to do so, and
Aid Keith Broad in the civil proceedings he had prepped before the arrests ready to launch once I was arrested.

FACT FILE

CORRUPT CONDUCT

No real investigation for fraud, especially one supposedly defrauding tens of millions, ever ceases simply because a suspect is arrested.

There would be very significant information, activity and evidence before the arrest, but in theory far more after.

Yet, from the moment I was arrested and detained all activity, effort and attempts at gathering evidence ceased. Quite simply because they had achieved the real purpose of the arrest.

34. The Plan To Create Victims Post My Arrest

Probably the most shocking of all of Serg Stevens’s actions was his role in using my arrest and removal from the property as an opportunity to create victims.

Had they interviewed me there was the potential for so much of this plan to go wrong. For example, if I had mentioned the platforms they would lose any chance of deniability.

Mr de Swardt, his client’s Keith Broad, Inge Broad, Raj Moonsamy, Serg Stevens all knew how the villa operation ran. They absolutely knew that all of our guests came via platforms such as Booking.com and Airbnb. In fact, at the time, we only used Booking.com, which they all knew and knew how to contact as had done so many times trying to have our profiles pulled down.

At the time there were three residences left, each accommodated 8 bookings a month so 24 per month in total. With an average number of guests per booking at 12-18 that was 360 guests er month, representing total of 1,440 guest over the four months of summer season December to April.

If the accusation were that we made double, triple, or quadruple bookings then that figure would be between three thousand and six thousand guests.

None of whom would know the properties had been taken from me and all of whom would arrive from all over the world expecting to check in only to find out at that point that they were homeless.

Had Serg Stevens contacted Booking.com to explain the properties were no longer under my control then Booking.com would contact each set of guests and either find them an alternative villa or arrange a refund, comfortably before their arrival.

By not doing that it meant not only did the guests arrive to find they had nowhere to stay but for any that had made payment they were substantially out of pocket.

For any guests trying to find a luxury villa that was available immediately and for the period they needed would be extraordinarily difficult, and extremely expensive. As well as very stressful.

Serg Stevens knew all of this. In fact, it was this was their intention.

There can be no other plausible explanation for the abject failure to contact the platform.

This is further evidenced by the fact that Serg Stevens failed to make that call immediately after my arrest or in the week I was at Hout Bay SAPS, or after I was sent to Pollsmoor when they knew it would be a long time before I was ever out and able to

And after each set of guests arrived, they still failed to inform the platform.

Instead, what they did do, was take detailed notes from each group, to manipulate and misrepresent as if the guests had been the victims of a scam.

From this Mr de Swardt produced a dossier he passed to Keith Broad to use in the application he was pushing through the civil courts in my absence. Knowing I would not be in court to explain why these guests had arrived to find they had nowhere to stay, explain that when they booked the villas were mine to let out, and explain that these guests were only in that position because of the plan to put them in that position.

With each set of guests, Mr de Swardt and Inge Broad told the distraught holidaymakers that they had been caught in a huge scam, that when bookings were taken there was no right to do so or no villas on which to do so, were one of thousands, stood no chance of getting their money back or an alternative villa. They were expressly diverted awa from contacting the platform or their credit card company who would have actioned refunds or alternative villas.

Instead, they tried to manipulate them into laying criminal charges.

Everything about that plan and their actions show’ their true intent.

In the absence of any real victims, they explicitly set out to remedy that by creating victims.

I cannot think of a more immoral or illegal thing a policeman can do than create victims.

And even more repugnant was the fact that they then intended to use these victims to inflict further injustices and all to provide Keith Broad with a potential advantage in the civil court proceedings.

So, they were prepared to cause hundreds of people to lose their dream villa vacation, cause them to arrive and find themselves homeless. Cause millions of rand in losses, try to ensure they were diverted away from recovering those losses and inflect the most extreme distress, all for a marginal advantage in the appeal application.

As well it must be said, to assist in the upcoming attempts to extend the period of incarceration.

FACT FILE

CORRUPT CONDUCT

Despite being on the urgent roll, the bail application was repeatedly delayed. On 2 February 2023, Sergeant Stevens again claimed more time was needed for bank records and phone bills—despite having a year to obtain them.

The magistrate, frustrated by the lack of urgency, emphasized that every unnecessary day in custody was unjust. To prevent further stalling, he set deadlines: by 28 February, charges and dockets had to be submitted, with a progress check scheduled for 9 February.

NEXT CHAPTER .....

CORRUPTION & CRIMINALITY

The Truth Suid Afrika

Discover the untold stories behind the false headlines of the Media24 articles. Uncover the truth behind the fabricated content of those articles. Understand the motivation that powered the consortium's actions.

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"Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical."

Blaise Pascal

SAPS UNLAWFUL CONDUCT: PART 1 SYSTEMIC ABUSE OF POWER, CRIMINAL COLLUSION & DELIBERATE SUBVERSION OF THE LAW

UNLAWFUL CONDUCT OF SERGEANT STEVENS & BELLVILLE COMMERCIAL CRIMES UNIT

A Systematic Campaign Of Abuse

1. The Theft And Sabotage Of My Immigration Status

2. The Fabrication Of Criminal Charges And Docket Manipulation

3. The Illegal Seizure Of Property And Financial Gain Of The Landlords

4. The Militarized Raid And Extreme Misuse Of State Resources

5. Direct Collusion Between Saps And Private Investigators

The Pattern Of Corruption: Every Step Of The Process Was Manipulated

Online Reviews About Wouter de Swardt

Unjustifiable Use Of Force And Corrupt Seizure Of Evidence

The Role Of Home Affairs And Immigration Manipulation

The Clear Legal Violations And Criminal Accountability

The Impact Of These Crimes

Conclusion: The Largest Case Of Corrupt Collusion In South African Law Enforcement

COMPLAINT TO SAPS & TO COLONEL MCELAN OF THE SAPS INSPECTORATE

Introduction

Synopsis

Unlawful Interference with Immigration Status:

Fabricated Charges & Malicious Prosecution:

Unjustifiable & Excessive Use of Force:

Unlawful Arrest & Detainment Without Legal Grounds:

Unlawful Seizure of Property & Evictions:

Misuse of Public Resources for Private Gain:

Intentional Withholding of Evidence & Perjury:

1. Unlawful Interference With Immigration Status:

2. Sergeant Stevens Direct And Personal Role In The Sabotage Of My Visa Status & Its Unlawful Use Against Me

3. Sergeant Stevens Interference With, And Sabotage Of, Visa & Immigration Status From The Beginning, Through The Start Of The Bail Application And Throughout

4. Sergeant Stevens's Abuse Of The Criminal Justice System, Necessitated The Submission Of Representations To The Senior Public Prosecutor Re The Bogus Immigration Charge

5. Sergeant Stevens Abuse And Misuse Of State Resources & Misuse Of Authority, Power And Position

6. Sergeant Stevens Continued Persecution Of Me

7. The Docket

8. The Resources Deployed To 'Fill' The Docket

9. The Suspicious (Internal) Seizure Warrant.

10. Serg Stevens Corrupt Motivation Behind The Arrest

11. Arrest Warrant And Pre-Arrest Paperwork

12. Serg Stevens ‘14 December Ilandudno Operation.

13. Serg Stevens Dec 14 Secret Illegal And Unofficial Side Operation Llandudno

14. Mr De Swardt And Property Owner Confirmatory Phone Call

15. Illegal Arrest 3 Of 4. The Housekeeper At Leirmans

BEFORE

AFTER

16. Illegal Arrest 4 Of 4. Ollie Sokanyile

17. Illegitimate Use Of The Special Task Force.

18. Unjustifiable Risk To Life.

19. Conspiracy To Commit Theft (The Safe, The Suitcase Of Cash And Diamonds)

20. Serg Stevens And Mr De Swardt’s Unlawful Joint Operation. Who Was In Charge.

21. Serg Stevens Team, Co-Conspirators And Colleagues: Denis Dalton, Wouter De Swardt & Johan Schalkwyk

22. The Illegal, Corrupt, Unjustified Role Of The Three “Private Investigators” Denis Dalton, Wouter De Swardt And Johan Schalkwyk

23. The Nature And Depth Of The Relationships Between Mr De Swardt, His Clients And Belville Commercial

24. Hout Bay SAPS

25. False Affidavit Of Serg Stevens To Aid In His Malicious Prosecution.

26. The Identical Strategy, Conduct And Crimes Of Serg Duna And Serg Stevensining me.

27. The Suspicious And Knowingly False Home Affairs Department Affidavits.

28. Formal Complaint to Home Affairs Dept Re Serg Stevens And Request For An Investigation

Letter Of Good Cause To The Director General Of Home Affairs.​​

Sergeant Stevens' Unlawful And Corrupt Actions On Behalf Of The Landlords.

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29. Unlawful Eviction At 32 Fisherman’s Bend

30. Unlawful Eviction At 16 Leirmans Road

31. Serg Stevens Denial Of My Rights After Arrest

32. Manipulation And Fabrication To Intentionally Misrepresent The Case Including The Total Absence Of Any Interest In, Or Attempt To, Investigate

33. The Illegal Purposes and Reasons For The Lack Of Any Investigation

34. The Plan To Create Victims Post My Arrest

CORRUPTION & CRIMINALITY

SAPS UNLAWFUL CONDUCT:
PART 1 SYSTEMIC ABUSE OF POWER, CRIMINAL COLLUSION & DELIBERATE SUBVERSION OF THE LAW

Letter Of Good Cause To The Director General Of Home Affairs.