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Penelope Masilela The victim said after being arrested he was put in the holding cells with hijackers and drug smokers and was not even allowed to read the bill of rights before he signed. Suleiman Ebrahim, supervisory attorney at Legal Aid South Africa, outside one of the courtrooms at the Benoni Magistrate s Court. Photo: Supplied
The 31-year-old man was arrested for selling cooked food on May 6 at his business premises.
It is alleged EMPD officers failed to listen when they were told the shop was allowed to sell cooked food for home delivery under level four regulations.
The charge against the businessman was withdrawn at the Benoni Magistrate’s Court after his attorney, Suleiman Ebrahim, a supervisory attorney at Legal Aid South Africa, submitted written representations to the senior public prosecutor.