IPID arrests four Police Officers on charges of assault GBH

Independent Police Investigative Directorate is investigating a case of Assault GBH.

It is alleged that on Saturday 2021-09-25 the complainant and her friends were attacked by police officers where CCTV cameras captured the whole incident in front of their home in Leiden, Delft.

The police officers on the CCTV footage were identified as members from the National Intervention Unit in Pretoria and were arrested and detained by the IPID at Bellville Police station. The four members of SAPS appeared in court on 26 of October 2021 at Bellville magistrates court on charges of assault with intend to do grievious bodily harm and common assault. The case has been remanded to 16th of February 2022.

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Enquiries: 

Grace Langa 

Acting Nations Spokesperson

Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) 

Tel: 064 664 3172

E-mail: 02workonly@gmail.com