COP GUILTY OF OUMA ATTACK

A FORMER Athlone cop was let “off the hook” by paying a R6 000 fine for assaulting an ouma.

- BY KIM SWARTZ

Sergeant Giovanni Gabriels made headlines back in 2018 when Veronica Franciscus, informed the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) that the officer had attacked her and her son Kyle.

The retired Kewtown nurse explained that SAPS officers arrived at her home and asked Kyle to open a garage door. But her son’s pit bull ran outside, so they decided to close the door, fearing the dog would mistake the police for intruders.