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Police Minister ordered to pay Durban woman R580,000 for unlawful arrest in mistaken identity case
Cynthia Khedama was arrested at King Shaka International Airport over a mistaken identity and was detained for at least 12 days in what she described as a ‘dirty dirty cell with faeces’.
Elderly man wrongfully arrested for child rape to receive R1. 5 million in damages
An elderly man from Mpumalanga, wrongfully accused of child rape and imprisoned for over 16 months, is set to receive R1. 5 million in damages from the police after a Gauteng High Court ruling.
Court orders R680K payout for unlawful arrest and malicious prosecution
In a significant ruling highlighting police accountability, a South African High Court has ordered authorities to pay over R680,000 in damages after finding both the arrest and subsequent prosecution of a man were unlawful. The case exposed serious procedural failures by law enforcement.