POLİCE ARRESTED NEWEST COUPLE FOR VİOlATİNG THE LOCKDOWN ORDER
South Africa police arrested a bride, groom, a pastor and their guests on their wedding day for not acting to the coronavirus lockdown order in their country.
The police officers interrupted the ceremony at the peak of the event. Those arrested are held in police cells at Empangeni Station.
SAPS National Spokesperson, Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo who confirmed the arrest said prosecutors will guide the police on charges the suspects will face.
Naidoo said;
“People are still taking chances, not realising the seriousness of this virus.
“For now, I don’t think they can have any reasonable explanation for continuing with that wedding. We will be interviewing each one individually.
“The charges will be put to them, they have definitely contravened the regulations of the Disaster Management Act.
“The prosecutor will guide us on exactly which charges will be preferred against them. I don’t think we can be expecting any explanation from them at this point in time unless we have spoken to the senior prosecutor.”
Report indicate that those arrested for violating the lockdown order were arraigned in court on the 6th day of April 2020.
Written By
Jessy Nina
South Africa police arrested a bride, groom, a pastor and their guests on their wedding day for not acting to the coronavirus lockdown order in their country.
The police officers interrupted the ceremony at the peak of the event. Those arrested are held in police cells at Empangeni Station.
SAPS National Spokesperson, Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo who confirmed the arrest said prosecutors will guide the police on charges the suspects will face.
Naidoo said;
“People are still taking chances, not realising the seriousness of this virus.
“For now, I don’t think they can have any reasonable explanation for continuing with that wedding. We will be interviewing each one individually.
“The charges will be put to them, they have definitely contravened the regulations of the Disaster Management Act.
“The prosecutor will guide us on exactly which charges will be preferred against them. I don’t think we can be expecting any explanation from them at this point in time unless we have spoken to the senior prosecutor.”
Report indicate that those arrested for violating the lockdown order were arraigned in court on the 6th day of April 2020.
Written By
Jessy Nina
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