With his reputation as one of Gqeberha’s most decorated police officers having been on the line, Warrant Officer Severiano Blundin breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday when he was acquitted of kidnapping, torture and assault due to a lack of evidence.
Decorated Gqeberha policeman, Warrant Officer Severiano Blundin, may walk away a free man if he is successful in an application to have charges of kidnapping and assault withdrawn.
Allegations of a trial by ambush, discrepancies in a witness’s testimony and objectionable questioning by a prosecutor, marked the day on Wednesday in the trial of a decorated police officer facing charges of kidnapping and assault.
A decorated member of the Gqeberha SAPS Flying Squad accused of kidnapping, torturing and assaulting three men in March 2019, appeared in the Gqeberha Magistrate’s Court on Friday for the continuation of his trial.
Thrown into the back of a BMW after having their hands cable-tied and bags placed over their heads, what allegedly followed was a night of aggressive assaults on a group of men.