The South African Police on Friday arraigned five of its officers for allegedly robbing a Nigerian business of the sum of $61,000 in a South African hotel on 16, July 2015.
According to Channels Television, four of the accused have since been dismissed from the police service over the incident and are also currently being prosecuted following an investigation by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).
During the hearing in court, a set of DVDs were distributed to the lawyers of the five accused police officers, to which they complained of being ambushed by the prosecution.
An eyewitness said an unverified but large amount of money and a pack of sim card were taken from the Nigerian man.
The 42-year-old Nigerian claims he had concluded a forex transaction prior to a business trip when he was arrested by the policemen, taken back to his hotel room where his money was allegedly confiscated but not recorded at the Pretoria police station where he was detained for a night.
He said in court that he hopes for justice as he has done nothing wrong.
The case was adjourned to November 13th, 2017 to allow the counsel to the accused person view the CCTV footage presented by the prosecution in court and allow the current witness, the General Manager of the hotel in which the incident allegedly took place, to be cross-examined.