Dr Neil Aggett, who died in detention on February 5, 1982 after being arrested by the South African Security Police. Picture: Gallo Images / Sunday Times
Joseph Woensdregt on Monday told the High Court in Johannesburg that if he had been suspicious of a detainee, he would have made sure he had been placed on suicide watch. It was, however, reopened last year on the back of sustained pressure from Aggett’s friends and family members who maintain he was either murdered or tortured so severely that his suicide was “induced”.
When Nicolaas Dietleefs – another one of Aggett’s interrogators – took the stand last year, he told the court the doctor-cum-trade-unionist had appeared suicidal during their exchanges.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)