'Cops demand bribe, frame
man and pepper-spray him'
04 Jun
2012 | Sapa |
CCTV footage will be used in the case
Two
police officers who allegedly assaulted and wrongfully arrested a Bryanston man
will be investigated, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate says.
“We have
received the docket regarding the case, and will begin our investigation,” IPID
spokesman Moses Dlamini said.
The Star
reported on Monday that Ashley Cerqueira was pulled over twice by the Sandton
police on May 27, purportedly for possession of dagga.
Closed
circuit footage from a nearby home reportedly shows that the officers stopped
Cerqueira and searched his car after they initially accused him of drunk
driving.
Cerqueira
then recorded the officers asking him for a bribe on his cellphone.
When he
reached his house, the same officers “trapped” him in his driveway and tried to
take his phone away.
After he
refused, the officers used pepper spray on him.
Footage
from his home shows the officers tackling and spraying him.
Even
though no drugs were found in Cerqueira’s car, the officers produced a bag of
dagga at the police station later and claimed that it was his.
The
officers also reportedly tried to take Cerqueira’s mother’s phone after she
told them that she was going to record the incident.
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