R3m claim over police blunder

LEGAL ACTION: ‘WRONGFUL ARREST' COST WOMAN HER FREEDOM, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

- Masoka Dube

All the colours of spring at the Ridgewood College annual Colour Run in Benoni at the weekend. Participants are doused with coloured powder at various stages of the event.

(Hein Kaiser)

A woman, who was allegedly wrongfully arrested is suing the police minister for more than R3 million.

Nomthandazo Cele, from Ivory Park in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni, alleged her unlawful arrest and detention at the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre in Pretoria ruined her life.

She said she lost business opportunities because she was recorded on the police system as a person with a pending criminal case, despite the fact that the case was withdrawn.