More lawsuits coming: Paul O’Sullivan on his R193m suit against the state
Corruption buster and private forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan is intent on taking the police and senior government ministers to the cleaners.On Tuesday he filed papers suing the state for R193.2m.The suit centres on his arrest in 2016 when he was hauled off a London-bound flight at OR Tambo International airport by the Hawks.O’Sullivan‚ whose arrest was eventually thrown out of court‚ was arrested on a passport violation.Legal papers served on the police minister reveal that the lawsuit is for O’Sullivan’s alleged unlawful arrest‚ torture‚ kidnapping‚ intimidation‚ malicious prosecution and trauma which he suffered.In the papers‚ O’Sullivan’s lawyers state that their client was detained in "subhuman and degrading conditions‚ having been dragged off a flight to London".They claim that the arrest was inconsistent‚ "with a minor passport violation‚ and intended to get O’Sullivan to a point where he would confess to crimes he had not committed‚ namely unlawful telephone intercepts...
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