North West Premier Thandi Modise has called on police management to investigate the alleged assault of an off-duty policeman by three of his colleagues based at Taung Police station on Saturday morning. “The conduct of the police officers if indeed it is true is despicable and warrants for drastic steps to be taken against those involved as it tarnishes the image of the police. Police brutality is abhorred by the public and should be stamped out of the police service and those involved should be stripped of the dignified blue uniform,” said Premier Modise. According to a media report by Taung Daily News, the incident occurred on Saturday morning around 01:30am.It is alleged that an off-duty police Constable Shepherd Malekanyo,27, was driving home in the early hours when he came across a man allegedly assaulting his girlfriend. Malekanyo allegedly stopped and mediated between two lovers and assisted the 31 year-old woman to phone her younger sister to come and pick her up and upon her arrival at the scene of the off-duty policeman accompanied them to the police station to lay a charge of assault. At the police station, the two lovers reportedly continued quarreling and wanted to lay charges of assault against each other. The off-duty Malekanyo stationed at Ikageng police station near Potchefstroom was allegedly manhandled when he tried to explain the situation to the three police officers. The officers allegedly followed Malekanyo’s vehicle in their state vehicle and ordered him back to the police station where they detained him for three hours in a holding cell for interfering with police duty but was later released without a formal charges being laid against him. Malekanyo reportedly opened a case of assault and unlawful arrest upon his release.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 08:26:07 +0000
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