South Africa - A PIETERMARITZBURG advocate (attorney) who is already under investigation in connection with the alleged theft of a hard drive from the CCTV surveillance system at the Pietermaritzburg advocates’ chambers last year, is now being investigated by police in connection with a bugging device alleged to have been planted in chambers.
The Witness (newspaper) has reliably learnt that a listening device was discovered in a ceiling in the office of the bar administrator at the advocates’ chambers on Monday this week, after police obtained a warrant to search the premises.
It is believed police also seized the computer hard drive of the computer belonging to the advocate in question.
It was alleged that she instructed an employee of a local surveillance systems company to remove the hard drive and replace it with a new one on a pretext that he had been authorised to do so by another advocate. The motive for the alleged theft is not known. (Three guesses, the first two don't count.) (more)
