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The Port Elizabeth High Court has ordered the minister of police to pay R110 000 in damages to a man for invasion of privacy and assault.
The judgment relates to a case involving Thobela Julius Funde, whose home at Kwadwesi in Port Elizabeth was raided by police officers 5 years ago.
He was assaulted by two police officers during the incident.
According to The Star, the officers claimed they went to Funde's home at midnight to search for dagga after receiving a tip-off.
During the raid, his wife and child were sent to another room in the house, and Funde was handcuffed and made to lie on the floor.
He spent a long weekend in jail and then opened an assault case.
