Taxi drivers acquitted of gang murders lose damages claim for unlawful arrest

‘You have not proven a malicious prosecution,’ Mpumalanga High Court tells men implicated in vigilante lynch mob killings

02 November 2023 - 22:15

Two men acquitted of involvement in a taxi industry murder rampage by the Wrong Turn gang in Mpumalanga have lost their appeal for damages and losses suffered due to their “unlawful arrest and malicious prosecution”. ..

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