Nkosinathi Msimango claims he was taken out of prison and ‘slapped around’
The man arrested in connection with the theft of computers at the chief justice’s office was taken out of prison‚ interrogated and "slapped around", the Randburg Magistrate’s Court has heard. Nkosinathi Msimango appeared in court on Monday facing charges of housebreaking with intent to steal as well as charges of theft. His counsel, Advocate Marchand Killian, told the court that Msimango was taken out of prison at 9pm on Friday and brought back at 1am. "My client handed himself over. Despite that he was chained. "That is unacceptable. His rights are infringed. He was taken out of prison to Nasrec. He was slapped around and interrogated‚" Killian said. The state asked that the case be postponed to verify Msimango’s address‚ the value of the items that were stolen and to check whether he had previous convictions. Killian‚ however opposed the postponement of his client’s bail application. "I have to object to a further postponement on the basis of verifying an address." He said the sta...
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