Publish date | 07 May 2019 |
Issue Number | 1780 |
Diary | Legalbrief eLaw |
The status of an investigation into a former insurance executive accused of taking compromising pictures of colleagues and clients is unknown after the docket failed to arrive at court, TimesLIVE reports. Neil Ashcroft, former business development executive at Marsh Africa, appeared at the Randburg Magistrate's Court on a charge of crimen injuria. He was arrested in December after his alleged conduct was reported to police. Ashcroft allegedly invited female colleagues into his office and, using the camera on his phone, would try to take up-skirt images, which he is accused of uploading to porn website, xhamster.com. While at a previous appearance it was indicated that only one complainant was linked to the current criminal proceedings, the prosecution has said more complainants and charges could be on the way. But at Friday's proceedings, the court was told by prosecutor Wessel Schiebler that the Sandton SAPS had failed to deliver an updated docket to court, meaning the case had to be postponed for two weeks. Schiebler said during Ashcroft's previous appearance in February that the state was awaiting a forensic report after downloads from Ashcroft's electronic devices to determine the extent of his alleged crimes.