Metro police investigating couple’s ‘harassment’
The couple who claimed to have been harassed by Johannesburg Metro police had sped off when they were being approached by the officers on foot after stopping their vehicle behind the couple.
This is according to Metro police spokesperson Wayne Minnaar, who alleged a chase ensued, and the couple was cornered as they tried to take an off-ramp in northern Johannesburg, Alex News reported.
Minnaar said he was not sure of the direction the pair were driving in and was unable to give the exact name of the off-ramp.
He said the man, the driver of the car, was then arrested and put in the back of the van, while another officer drove the car, as both of them were allegedly too drunk to be allowed behind the wheel.
It is claimed the officers drove the couple to the Marlboro pound where cars confiscated from drunken drivers are kept, and they parked the vehicle in the hope that they would arrange for someone to drive the woman to her home. When they returned to pick her up and take her home, she was nowhere to be found.
At Sandringham Police Station, the man was said to have refused to allow blood to be drawn. He was then handcuffed so a sample could be taken, and a charge of drunken driving was then opened.
When contacted for comment on the metro police version of the events of May 20, the woman denied the couple ever fled the scene and were caught at the next off-ramp of the N1 from William Nicol towards the south.
“We did not speed off, we did not run away from the metro police and they did not arrest us on the said off-ramp,” she said.
“This is getting ridiculous, and I will not comment any further, as the case is now in the hands of my lawyers,” she added.
– Caxton News Service
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