Activist slams treatment of murder-accused cops

EMOTIONS ran high outside the Western Cape High Court on Friday when the 11 Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) officers accused of murdering an alleged gangster were released on bail.

- KIM SWARTZ

SCENES of relief and celebration unfolded as family members fetched the accused from Brandvlei Correctional Facility and Worcester Prison.

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The officers, who had spent nearly 50 days behind bars, challenged the earlier bail decision that kept them behind bars while the investigation continued.

The accused face a string of serious charges, including kidnapping, torture, assault with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm, attempting to defeat the administration of justice and the murder of alleged Clever Kidz (CK) gangster Wade Price.

Price died on December 4 last year following an interrogation linked to a shooting outside the Athlone Magistrate's Court the previous day.