At 7.45am, the complainant was driving down Coaton Avenue in Selection Park when a pedestrian pushing a trolley, bumped his car.
Capt Johannes Ramphora, the spokesperson for the Springs police, says the complainant stopped immediately to speak to him.
The complainant alleges the pedestrian then hit him with a plank and he sustained an injury on the forehead.
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The damage caused by the pedestrian is allegedly R15 000.
Opening a counter-charge of common assault against the complainant, the pedestrian alleges the complainant called him the K-word and assaulted him with open hands.
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“He then allegedly retaliated with the plank,” says Ramphora.
“Both cases will be investigated and sent to the senior public prosecutor for a decision.”
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