Limpopo Cops face Disciplinary Action

[LazyLion]

Five Limpopo police officers accused of beating to death a Nigerian man will face internal disciplinary action soon, police said on Tuesday.

"The process will kick-start very soon," Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said.

One of the policemen, Clement Tsotsane, was denied bail by the Polokwane Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. He would bring a formal bail application with the other police officers on Wednesday.

They are accused of assaulting Onyechiabi Iwuaka while he was visiting a friend last Sunday. His friend escaped the assault. Iwuaka died on the way to the Polokwane police station.

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate said the police officers went to the house during an investigating into a case of armed robbery in Mokopane.


Source : Sapa /str/aa/jk/clh
Date : 04 Jun 2013 16:07

 

[Hemi300c]

If guilty they should get 2 x the normal sentence because they are cops.

 

[LazyLion]

Police beat man to death: Court hears

Five Limpopo police officers beat a Nigerian man to death, the Polokwane Magistrate's Court heard on Thursday.

"I put it to you that you beat him, he fainted and you resuscitated him. He woke up and... you beat him again," prosecutor Jacky Mabasa told the officers during cross-examination.

"You also sprinkled water on him."

The five, Boitumelo Ramahlala, Mashiba Mathata, Collins Sekoati, Thabo Mabotja and Clement Tsotsane, face murder and assault charges. They were applying for bail.

They are accused of beating Onyechiabi Iwuaka to death on May 21 while he was visiting a friend. His friend escaped the assault. Iwuaka died on the way to the Polokwane police station.

The court was told the officers stopped on the way to the police station to buy water, as Iwuaka was bleeding from his ears.

Mabasa said an ambulance was called for Iwuaka after he died.

"The reason you cannot tell me specifically what you did that day is because you assaulted him. That's why you cannot tell what you did," Mabasa said.

The court was told Iwuaka was merely in his friend's home, and was the wrong person to be arrested.

The five evaded questions, and said they never accused or hurt anyone. This prompted magistrate Janine Ungerer to question if they shared the same holding cell. She suspected they had coached each other on how to respond to questions.

The bail application was postponed to Monday.


Source : Sapa /str/aa/hdw/th/rod
Date : 06 Jun 2013 15:48

 

[Electron1]

This is why so many people have little respect for the cops in this country.

 

[LazyLion]

The trial of five Limpopo policemen accused of beating a Nigerian man to death was postponed in the Polokwane Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

A Sapa correspondent reported that magistrate Janine Ungerer was apparently sick.

Ungerer was due to deliver a ruling on their bail application.

Boitumelo Ramahlala, Mashiba Mathata, Collins Sekoati, Thabo Mabotja, and Clement Tsotsane are accused of beating Onyechiabi Iwuaka to death on May 21 while he was visiting a friend.

His friend escaped the assault. Iwuaka died on the way to the Polokwane police station.

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) told the court previously that Onyechiabi was tortured and assaulted before dying.

The Ipid said police found him at the house of a suspected armed robber.


Source : Sapa /str/ma/hdw/jk/th
Date : 19 Jun 2013 12:26