A man, who was attacked on his way home from a boys’ night out, got no help from the police the next day as he “could not describe his assailants”.
According to Capt Jethro Mtshali, spokesman for Kempton Park SAPS, the manner in which Luckie was treated, was unprofessional.”The case was supposed to have been registered. Luckie is welcome to visit the station commander, Brig Johannes Marx, to institute disciplinary measures as a result of the alleged poor service rendered. He can also still open a case,” Mtshali said.
The attack occurred at about 10.15pm on August 2 while Luckie was walking home after watching a soccer game at a pub on Pretoria Road. “I took my usual route via Commissioner Street. When I got to Aster Avenue, someone suddenly flashed a torch into my eyes,” Luckie said.
When the 32-year-old man looked up to see what was happening, he saw two men approaching him.
“Even though the flashing of the torches made me angry, I decided to walk past them. One of the men, who wore glasses and looked a little old, ran after me and slapped me on the head. I asked him why he did that and he just said ‘this is our street’.”
An ADT security car stopped to ask what was happening. Luckie told the officer the two men had flashed lights in his face and one slapped him for no reason.
“As I was explaining to the security officer, two other young males approached us to ask what was happening. I explained the story to them too. After a while, the ADT officer told me everything was sorted out after speaking to the men. I continued my journey home.”
As Luckie crossed Monument Road, the two young men, who had approached him earlier, followed him and told him to stop. He carried on crossing the road.
“They walked me to the door of my complex and suddenly started attacking me. The one guy pulled me and punched me in the face.”
After the third punch, Luckie decided it was time to fight back. When he did, the attacker ran away.
Luckie described the man who flashed a torch at him and attacked him as middle aged, medium to tall in height and wearing glasses and a brown jacket.
“I couldn’t see the other man who was with him as it was dark. The other young man who attacked me had Mohawk shaped brownish hair and earrings in his right ear. He wore a brown t-shirt and skinny jeans. His accomplice was shorter with shaggy, longish hair and wore a grey sweater and blue jeans. All these men smelt of alcohol.”
