Advocate Malesela Teffo has himself to blame for courtroom arrest, cops say

“Advocate Teffo was previously arrested by the SA Police Service on charges of common assault and trespassing after allegedly assaulting a female SAPS member and entering the SAPS Gauteng provincial building, in contravention of a high court interdict,” the statement said.

“After failing to appear before the Hillbrow magistrate’s court on several occasions, including January 27, a warrant of arrest ... was issued and withheld. The case was remanded to February 10. Advocate Teffo was again not in court and bail was finally forfeited to the state. An instruction was then issued by the court for the warrant of arrest to be executed.”

Police said Teffo knew about the warrant for his arrest “as he had contacted the investigating officer in this regard, proof of which the SAPS is in possession of”.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

This Statement makes EFF looks like small boys, this thing of issuing unnecessary statement is backfiring

Advocate Malesela is to blame... an officer of the court not appearing in court for his case, is serious contempt!

It was done on purpose we r stupid we r not stupid u bloody ppl

Couldn't the arrest him anywhere but in the court room in front of cameras? It's ok to think we are idiots but this is madness

Adv Teffo has many conspiracy theories about his arrest, but this is his own willful disobedience and disregard of two court orders.

The police had the warrant since Jan but 'there was nothing untoward about the arrest' OK

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