Eight VIP police officers who are linked to Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s security detail are on trial for assault, pointing of a firearm, and other charges. (Ditiro Selepe/News24)
The man who was accosted by several presidential protection officers on the N1 highway recounted how he thought he was about to be hijacked when he saw a vehicle travelling alongside him, with the occupants pointing firearms at him.
The man, who cannot be named due to a court order, testified in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. Eight VIP police officers who are linked to Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s security detail are on trial for assault, pointing of a firearm, and other charges.
The officers were captured on video dragging a man from a metallic blue VW and kicking him as he lay on the ground.
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