Man walks free after beating police

However, the man walked free of the charge of beating police, after the court found that officers were not in uniform and had not properly identified themselves to him when they first approached him. On Tuesday, a court heard that the suspect, Oageng Makuku went berserk when police accosted him, after the report of a threat of violence.

Testifying, Sergeant Goitsemang Sebakane of Kang Police said in February 2015, a report was received that Makuku had holed up in his home and was threatening to kill his wife and himself. Together with a police volunteer, Edane Moshana, Sebakane attended to the report and found the suspect walking with his wife and children.