Warrant Officer Perumal

very experienced SAP13 clerk

Warrant Officer Perumal served as the exhibit clerk at Isipingo Police Station, responsible for the SAP13 register. Testimony described him acknowledging that seized cocaine exhibits were entered into the register but indicating there was no space to store the large volume of narcotics at the station. He eventually agreed to store the exhibits in the armoury. During the inquiry, he faced questions about his willingness to accept the exhibits, with an officer suggesting he did not want to keep them and that he failed to mention a previous incident involving Mandrax stored there. His credibility was also called into question by the same officer.

72 claims1 scheme(s)6 contradiction(s)

Schemes linked

SC0011Cocaine exhibit theft and premature destruction

What the record shows (72 total claims — 27 substantive shown)

6 contradictions on the record

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness

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Same person on same matter: verbally said no space, but affidavit states there was enough space—cannot both be true.

Day 114Lieutenant Colonel Sibiya“he cannot say to us there is no space and then he comes and writes and affidavit that there was space”

Day 114Adv Sikhakhane“There was enough space at the station to accommodate the said exhibit”

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness

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A denies indicating no space; B quotes Perumal explicitly saying he has no space for drugs. Both can't be true.

Day 114Adv Sikhakhane“I did not implicitly indicate to Colonel Jacob that there was no space to store large amounts of drugs”

Day 114Lieutenant Colonel Sibiya“one of the Perumal said, so much drugs, I do not have space.”

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness

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Claim A says Perumal lied about space existing; Claim B asserts there was enough space—directly opposing truth of same fact.

Day 114Lieutenant Colonel Sibiya“Warrant Officer Perumal is not speaking the truth that there was space at the station”

Day 114Adv Sikhakhane“There was enough space at the station to accommodate the said exhibit”

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness

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Same person: one claims sufficient space existed, other quotes him saying no space for the drugs; directly contradictory.

Day 114Adv Sikhakhane“There was enough space at the station to accommodate the said exhibit”

Day 114Lieutenant Colonel Sibiya“one of the Perumal said, so much drugs, I do not have space.”

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness

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A denies indicating no space; B quotes him saying he has no space — same speaker, same referent, cannot both be true.

Day 114Adv Sikhakhane“I did not implicitly indicate to Colonel Jacob that there was no space to store large amounts of drugs”

Day 114Lieutenant Colonel Sibiya“Perumal saying he has got no space”

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited

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Can't both explain absence: no space implies asked/considered, while never asked implies no such assessment of space occurred.

Day 101Major General Flynn“Warrant Officer Perumal indicated that there was no space to store the exhibits at Isipingo”

Day 101Major General Flynn“he was never asked to store the exhibits at Isipingo”