Homeless man hangs himself next to court

POLICE are investigating an inquest docket, after a homeless man was found hanging from a tree on CR Swart Drive, on Wednesday morning (last week).

The man had hanged himself on the side of the road, opposite the police station, where a group of vagrants usually sleeps overnight.

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According to Kempton SAPS spokesman Capt Jethro Mtshali, it was also established that the deceased was of Congolese origin and was a drug addict.

“Police were summoned to the scene at about 7.30am, on Wednesday,” he said.

”Upon arrival, they found a man hanging from a tree. Paramedics certified him dead and an inquest docket is being investigated.”