Madolo told the court how sergeants Deon Muller and Zandisile Ngqandu assaulted him, pointed a gun at him and detained him in Libode, Eastern Cape.
“In the witness box, [Madolo] told the court that the conduct of the police officials ... constituted a terrible infraction upon his constitutionally-protected rights to dignity and bodily integrity. He dropped down into tears,” said the judge.
“According to him the beating of [the suspect] was so severe that he sustained serious bodily harm. Ngqandu had to fire two warning gunshots which [Madolo] ignored and continued to beat up [the suspect],” the judgment said. “Despite the denial by the police, the inference that the police caused him the injuries is a reasonable one to be made.”
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