The National Police Spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe has distanced President Cyril Ramaphosa's VIP Protectors from Jean Pieterse's disjointed shoulder stating that the bodyguards did not inflict any new injuries on the motorist during his arrest two months ago. 

NOT INFLICTED DURING HIS ARREST

Mathe was responding to allegations published on Zimoja, in which Jean Pieterse, a self employed businessman was arrested by the police following his road rage bust up with President Ramaphosa's bodyguards, claimed he was assaulted after he refused to move from the fast lane to the slow lane, to open the road for the President's motorcade. 

This week Mathe, who confirmed that the incident did take place, turned the tables on Pieterse stating that the motorist's claim that he suffered a disjointed shoulder was a fabrication. 

She said the doctors who treated Pieterse at Tembisa Hospital found that Pieterse had long had a medical history of the dislocated shoulder and therefore said it was not inflicted during his arrest. 

SUSPECT RELEASED ON R5000 POLICE BAIL 

"The suspect who was arrested for reckless and negligence driving, and obstruction of the Presidential convoy was taken for medical attention at Tembisa Hospital. He was examined and discharged immediately and then taken back to Midrand police station where he was charged and released on R5000 police bail. No new injuries were inflicted on the suspect during his arrest, "said Mathe. In a dramatic twist, Mathe revealed that Pieterse's cellphone, which he alleged, he used to record the incident on video was booked in for further investigations.

NO LAWSUIT FILED YET 

About Pieterse's pending lawsuit, Brigadier Mathe said the police have not yet received any correspondence and said they could only comment once such has been brought to their attention via official channels. Brigadier Mathe disputed Pieterse's version of events regarding his release, stating that the motorist was given a court date despite having been released through police bail. Pieterse had claimed that he was released after spending a night in the police cells and said he was never told anything about going to court, something which he said proved he had done nothing wrong.

STICKING TO OWN STORY 

However, this week when presented with the statement from the police, Pieterse refused to comment stating that he was sticking to his story. He did not confirm if the phone which was confiscated by the police was returned to him upon his release from the police cells.