# Former police detective Roshanlal Banawo has been sentenced to ten-years in prison by the Newcastle Magistrate’s Court in KwaZulu-Natal for conspiring to murder Umzinyathi’s district commissioner. Francis Slambert survived two assassinations attempts in 2023. Banawo was dismissed from the force in 2021 after 39-years, six months before his retirement, over drug links. Judge Ian Colditz acquitted the hitmen who turned state witnesses:
Ex-police detective jailed for 10 years for plotting to kill a senior officer [SOUND]
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