Cop guilty of beating up suspected drag racer
(WorldNews Africa)

Durban - It was improper for a metro police officer to assault a suspected drag racer who allegedly ignored an instruction to stop and drove through red robots in an attempted getaway, a court ruled this month. Naeem Naidoo was forced off the road by the policeman during the May 11, 2006 incident, but the beating he received left him with fractured ribs and other injuries, and a two-week stay in hospital. Naidoo filed a damages claim for pain, suffering, loss of income and alleged wrongful arrest, of nearly R1 million, in March 2007....