R1m damages for wrongful arrest and detention
Ishmael Mbanjwa (29) – arrested for ‘being part of the gang' that robbed The Carousel Casino in November 2005 – will receive just more than R1m in damages from the police for wrongful arrest. A Pretoria News report says Mbanjwa instituted a R1.2m claim against the police after he was locked up for five months in prison.
Mbanjwa told the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) that after his release on bail he lost his job and was also blacklisted.
Judge Nicolene Janse van Nieuwenhuizen said the SAPS had to make sure of its facts before arresting a person on the mere word of someone else.
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