Cops in court for extortion, assault
2014-01-17 08:39
(File)
Durban - Four police constables accused of corruption,
assault, intimidation and extortion appeared in the Durban Magistrate's Court
on Thursday.
Stanley Shabalala, 34, MesuliSibeko, 26,
LunganiThabede, 30, and MazwiAlliNgubo, 29, were released on R3 000 bail each,
the Independent Police Investigative Directorate said.
Spokesperson Moses Dlamini said a man who
advertised his car for sale received a call in February last year from a
prospective buyer. The caller told him he was waiting for him at the Workshop
shopping centre in Durban.
When the man arrived at the shopping centre,
police officers arrested him, took him to the Berea police station and asked
him about a person they claimed was supplying him with drugs. The officers
allegedly suffocated and assaulted him and demanded money in return for his
release. The man's girlfriend paid them R3 000.
The four men were expected to appear in court
again on 7 February.
- SAPA
