CAPE TOWN ATTORNEY ACCUSES SANDF SOLDIER OF ASSAULT

Video shows confrontation after crash

- GENEVIEVE SERRA

A CAPE Town attorney has lodged a complaint of common assault against a SA National Defence Force (SANDF) soldier, claiming he damaged his vehicle, assaulted him and called him a “b****” while out in public.

The attorney, whose name is known to the Cape Argus and asked not to be identified for privacy reasons, said his BMW X3 is in for repairs after its alignment, rim and body were damaged in the incident on Tuesday in Church Street, Wynberg, involving himself and the uniformed soldier.

Armed with dashcam and video footage, the attorney said he also reported the incident to the SANDF as the soldier was stationed at 2 Military Hospital in Wynberg.

In the dashcam footage, the attorney’s car is seen jolting forward when a vehicle strikes it.

In the second video, which the attorney filmed shortly thereafter, while walking to the police station, the soldier is seen trying to remove his cellphone.

"Don't take my photo," he (soldier) said, waving his hands in the direction of the attorney's cellphone.

As a police vehicle stops, the soldier says: “This b******, he hit my car and now he is telling me, he is taking me to court.”