“Ek is die polisieman van wie daar gepraat word! Ek het my bril afgehaal, omdat die pa, wat by julle kom kla het, gesê het hy gaan my met die kop bl…m,” het die man (wat nie sy naam genoem wou hê nie), gesê.

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“Die dogter was die aggressor en sy het gevloek en geskel en vir Chris gesê: ‘hou jou f..n bek!’ Ek het die situasie probeer ontlont. Sy het egter na haar pa toe gehardloop en hy het toe gedreig om my met die kop te slaan. Dis al hoekom ek my bril afgehaal het. Ek het net vir hom gesê: ‘kom, dis reg.”

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