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Former cops to go on trial for assault─── 05:20 Fri, 19 Sep 2014
Cape Town - The trial of two former police officers filmed allegedly kicking a naked Nigerian man is expected to begin in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Friday.
David Gunn, 43, and Gerrit Januarie, 46, both of whom were warrant officers at the time of the alleged incident, each face a charge of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
At the pair's last court appearance on August 18, the matter was postponed because Isaac Korasie, for Januarie, said his client had not given him financial instruction.
Grant Smith, for Gunn, said he was unhappy with the delay because his client was ready to proceed.
The State objected because there had been two months to sort out finances.
Smith indicated six or seven witnesses were likely to testify.
In March, a woman in a building in the Cape Town CBD used her cellphone to record the man being stripped naked and beaten in the street below. The video clip went viral on social media after it was posted online.
Gunn was dismissed from the police after disciplinary action. Januarie resigned before disciplinary action could be taken against him.
At their first appearance, the court ordered that the victim's name not be published. The order also applied to the names and identities of all witnesses.
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