A SHOCKING report by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has revealed how popular Cape Flats policeman Lieutenant- Colonel Charl Kinnear was let down by his own mense in the months leading up to his assassination.
More than four years after the top cop was mercilessly gunned down outside his Bishop Lavis home, the report which was once “Top Secret” has finally been declassified.
The report names 10 senior cops in various units, including the Hawks, Crime Intelligence and the Anti-Gang Unit (AGU), and how they failed to secure protection for the detective who was known for tackling underworld figures in Cape Town.
The report highlights incidents reported to SAPS nearly a year before Kinnear was killed, showing there was a threat on his life.
It details the information provided…
