Bitter husband who 'crashed car' into Joburg bank to appear in court

16 September 2016 - 15:01 By Nomahlubi Jordaan

Losing your car in a divorce may not be the worst thing that can happen - a policeman at your door and an appearance before a magistrate is on another stress level.Someone who may be able to give us first-hand experience of this scenario one day is the Johannesburg man who took the dramatic step of driving his vehicle through the glass doors and into the lobby of the Rosebank‚ Johannesburg‚ branch of Standard Bank on Wednesday night.Angry man crashes car through glass doors of Joburg bankAn apparently livid man drove his vehicle through the glass doors of the Rosebank‚ Johannesburg‚ branch of Standard Bank. Police spokesperson Captain Richard Munyai said the man was arrested on Thursday.“The suspect was arrested and charged with malicious damage to property and common assault. He allegedly assaulted security guards when they tried to help him out of the car."Munyai said the man would soon appear before the Hillbrow Magistrate’s Court.The 48-year-old man is believed to be in the middle of a divorce and is alleged to have become angry after he learnt that his house and vehicle could be repossessed by the bank. His wife is understood to be a bank employee.Siya Madasa said that security guards "wouldn't allow him in to go get his wife inside the building".Lol bathi the securities wouldn't allow him in to go get his wife inside the building         https://t.co/bjTasokKgU— Siya Madasa (@madasd) September 15, 20162Photographs of the car inside the bank lobby have been shared on Twitter‚ as well as an image that purports to be the inside of the vehicle‚ showing a bottle of vodka - although there's no evidence that the man had been drinking.The Eazy-Ed ‏@eazyed47 shared a photograph of the vehicle inside the bank and in an attempt to explain his belief that the man may have been intoxicated‚ he also posted this image of a liquor bottle on the floor of a vehicle.Yhooo!! Someone(definitely drunk!) Drove into the #StandardBank building in #Rosebank.      @madasdpic.twitter.com/wFOYewUiCu— The Eazy-Ed (@eazyed47) September 15, 20162..

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