After night of drama, police release private investigator O'Sullivan
'Us agreeing to release Mr O'Sullivan does not mean we'll not arrest him in the future'
Police have agreed to release private investigator Paul O'Sullivan after his lawyers brought a late night High Court application challenging the legality of his arrest. Police and lawyers for O'Sullivan agreed after two hours of behind the scenes deliberations. O'Sullivan's legal team‚ lead by Afriforum lawyer Willie Spies‚ brought the application in the High Court in Pretoria‚ following O'Sullivan's arrest on Monday afternoon. Spies told TimesLIVE O'Sullivan's arrest was in contravention of a November 2016 court order‚ in which police had agreed to give O'Sullivan 48 hours notice before arresting him. The order also said police would allow O'Sullivan to hand himself over to the nearest police station if arrested. After an almost two hour delay proceedings began shortly before 11pm‚ only for police lawyers to request an adjournment. After ten minutes‚ police advocate David Mtsweni‚ and O'Sullivan's advocate‚ Quintus Pelser‚ agreed that O'Sullivan should be released by no later than ...
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