NPA mum on Bobroff extradition plans
Public Prosecutions chief Shaun Abrahams has refused confirm whether SA is requesting that Australia extradite fugitive fraud suspects Ronald Bobroff and his son Darren.
|||Cape Town – National Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams on Tuesday said the prosecuting authority was attending to the case of fugitive fraud suspects Ronald Bobroff and his son Darren, but would only make public further detail in about a fortnight.
“Of course we are deeply concerned at the fact that Mr Bobroff had evaded justice and had fled to another country, but I can reassure the public that the matter is receiving the requisite attention from my office and that of other law enforcement agencies,” Abrahams told a media briefing by the justice ministry.
“I will address the issue in greater detail in two and a half week’s time when I do intend giving a press briefing in respect of the work of the National Prosecuting Authority.”
Bobroff, a personal injury lawyer, fled to Australia with his son after they appeared in the High Court in Pretoria when the Law Society of the Northern Provinces sought to have them struck from the roll for allegedly overcharging accident victims who had won awards from the Road Accident Fund (RAF) by ten percent.
The Bobroffs disappeared ahead of handing themselves over to the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks). Abrahams and Justice Minister Michael Masutha declined to answer questions as to whether South African authorities were asking Australia to extradite the pair.
A Reuters correspondent told Abrahams in the media briefing that this was unacceptable. “There are hundreds of people (affected) and possibly tens of millions of rands lost … It is, dare I say nonsense,” the reporter said.
African News Agency
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