Jackie Selebi (pic) was convicted in July after a nation beset by crime heard months of testimony about its top cop going on designer shopping sprees with a convicted drug smuggler. -- PHOTO: APJOHANNESBURG (South Africa) - SOUTH Africa's former national police chief has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on corruption charges.
Jackie Selebi was convicted in July after a nation beset by crime heard months of testimony about its top cop going on designer shopping sprees with a convicted drug smuggler.
The judge called Selebi an 'embarrassment to the position' at his sentencing on Tuesday.
Selebi argued he was targeted by enemies who wanted to punish him for his criticism of an elite and now defunct crime-fighting unit.
The case against Selebi, a one-time president of Interpol, has been a chief exhibit in a national debate over whether corruption and political meddling is undermining the fight against crime. -- AP
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