Advocate Teffo threatens to sue Minister Bheki Cele and police over his arrest in court

Advocate Malesela Teffo, the lawyer arrested in court during the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, is considering suing Police Minister Bheki Cele and the police.

“What concerns us is the manner, the place, the timing, and the way in which advocate Teffo was arrested. He was not supposed to be arrested inside the courtroom; that’s a contempt of court and it deserves a lawsuit that Mr Teffo must institute against the minister of police,” said Teffo’s attorney, Tshepo Timothy Thobane, in a report by a local publication.

Teffo is the defence advocate representing four of the suspects accused of murdering former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa in 2014.

In dramatic scenes on 28 April, police arrived at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to arrest Teffo while the murder trial was underway.

At the time, police said Teffo was arrested because he missed a previous court appearance.

Thobane accused the police of being underhanded.

He questioned the police’s claim that they did not know where Teffo was, saying they could have phoned him and the advocate would have presented himself to the police if needed to do so.

Teffo’s court appearance related to charges of trespassing and assault.

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