O'Sullivan wants IPID to probe team that arrested him
Pretoria - Forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan has asked the IPID to probe the police team that arrested him.
He wanted the policeman who arrested him, an officer Ncube, and the complainant in the case against him, Major General Ntebo “Jan” Mabula, investigated for alleged contempt of court, unlawful arrest and detention, torture, and defeating the ends of justice, he says in an affidavit filed with the Independent Police Investigative Directorate.“I am shocked and horrified at the disgracefully unlawful conduct of Ncube and the conduct of the team under Mabula, which is clearly aimed at only punishing me for exposing corruption and therefore amounts to the additional offence of torture,” he says.
About 17 police officers arrested him outside AfriForum's Pretoria offices late on Monday afternoon. He was charged with offences including fraud, intimidation, and extortion. He was released at 23:30 that night following an urgent application in the High Court in Pretoria.
“The emotional pain comes from the fact that I was again detained, in a disgusting cell, which is not fit for humans.
“I was subject to physical pain that there was no place for me to sit and therefore had to stand as the bed was disgustingly dirty.”