Legal Topic:
Arrest
Detention
Geographic relevance:
South Africa
Language:
English
Data type:
Legal citations
Author(s): Times Live South Africa
About this resource:
In this case, the police were ordered to pay R560,000 in damages for the unlawful arrest and detention of a young boy.
The police arrested the boy as he was walking home from school, he was put in the back of a police van, handcuffed and fell around the back of the van when it was moving. He then suffered inhumane conditions of detention. The police suspected that the boy was involved in robbery but was arrested without any evidence to justify the arrest.
Such cases are increasingly common in South Africa.
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