Audio: How we were
assaulted by the JMPD
After being dragged, one hand cuffed, for tens of metres down Peter Road
by an alleged JMPD officer a woman tells it all.
MathildeMyburgh | 11 February 2015 13:30
At least
the unclear crimen injuria charges against Beverley Robertson, 48, and
her son, 28, had been dropped. They were made by the alleged JMPD men after the
whole ordeal on the roadside on Friday 30 January. Appearing in the Roodepoort
Magistrate’s Court on Monday (2 February), Robertson is finally able to speak
out.
Initially,
the record reported on events as told by her daughter in a post on facebookin
which she pleads for witnesses to come forward. During the Robertsons’ assault
on Peter Road on Friday night many motorists had apparently stopped to take
photos and even video footage.
The record
is in possession of a sound clip in which she details her experience with the
wayward officers. Robertson said that nothing was abnormal about them being
asked to pull their Volvo to the side of the road.
“I didn’t expect much else since the vehicle
was missing a front registration plate at the time,” she said.
They gave
their cooperation, according to her account, but a curse word uttered out of
frustration at the delay in their travels caused one of the cops to terrorise
her son. She said that her son was yanked from the vehicle and being terrorised
when she tried to step in.
“My son has medical conditions and I didn’t
want the situation to escalate as high stress levels can cause him diabetic
shock,” she told the record.
She
proceeded to open a case with the Roodepoort Police.
Listen to the sound clip here:
