Police minister wins appeal against Fred van der Vyfer

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

The police minister has won an appeal against Fred van der Vyfer, who in 2011 was found to have been maliciously prosecuted by police for the murder of his girlfriend, Inge Lotz in 2005.

The police appealed the decision earlier this year - which was granted with costs in the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein on Thursday.

Van der Vyver will therefore not receive the R46m in damages he claimed.

The panel of judges found that the police did in fact make mistakes during the murder investigation which wrongly implicated Van der Vyfer.

However, the panel ruled that regardless of any errors, the investigation of Van Der Vyver would have continued as a matter of course.

Lotz's parents earlier called in the help of one of South Africa's top detectives, Piet Byleveld, to track down their daughter's murderer. Investigations are ongoing.