Cops gone rogue: Inside a trail of jailbreaks

Five suspected capital offenders escaped at night with the help of officers at night.
Rogue police officers at Limuru police station in Kiambu are accused of aiding five suspected capital offenders to escape.
André Charles Stander, the South African criminal and policeman used his off-days and official lunch breaks to commit bank robberies. He would put on a fake beard, walk into a local bank, rob it at gunpoint, and calmly walk back to his workstation.
Because he was a Captain in the South African Police (SAP) attached to the Kempton Park Criminal Investigation Department (CID), police dispatchers would innocently assign Stander to lead the investigations where he would arrive at the scene, tamper with evidence and ask misdirecting questions that steered the investigations entirely away from himself.
A Sh60 million bounty was placed on their heads for information leading to their arrest.
The two high-profile murder suspects executed a brazen escape.
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Some have fallen into depression, while others turn to manual jobs to survive.
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