Angry ex-cop guns for officers!

AN EKURHULENI mum wants justice for her son who was allegedly assaulted by two cops over Wi-Fi.

Sinky Legodi from Benoni, Ekurhuleni, alleged that the two officers who were with their friend assaulted her son after their kids were caught red-handed connecting their Wi-Fi after "stealing" a password.

Now she alleged that the Benoni cop shop, where her son opened an assault case against the two policewomen, is refusing to charge the two because it protects them against losing their jobs.

Sinky, who is a former cop, said she won't rest until the two officers are charged and her son gets justice.

"I feel they want to sweep this case under the carpet. But that won't happen," she said.

The mum has been knocking on several doors to prevent this from happening.

"One of the policewomen, based at the Etwatwa Police Station, was even boasting at how connected she was in the police force.

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"I was also a cop and just retired recently. I'm well within my rights to demand that their station commanders write a factual report and initiate a disciplinary hearing against the two policewomen. This is a police case, not a civil one, and that's how this matter should be handled. But their 'friends' are protecting them," she said.

She said her son is now living in fear as he doesn't know what the two cops are planning as they're allegedly "connected" within the police force.

"He opened the case against them, but nothing is happening to them. They are instead harassing my son by opening false cases to cover their backs. The nightmare started after her 22-year-old son found children staying in the Benoni Police Academy building, standing not far from their flat, connecting to their Wi-Fi.

"We have downloaded an app to show who is using our Wi-Fi, and after checking, it led me to them, and my sister told me to take their phones," the mum said.

The children's parents were confronted, and they apologised.

"The two confiscated phones which were linked to our Wi-Fi were returned to the parents of those kids and the matter was resolved. He said later the two policewomen and their friend charged on him and stormed into their flat to remove the Wi-Fi's router.

"They started assaulting me. I tried to get the router from them, but one of them threw it on the ground, and it broke into two pieces. I was angry and I had to defend myself," said Sinky's son, Karabo Legodi.

He said the commotion was settled after one of the tenants in the flat separated him from the women and locked him inside his flat.

Sinky alleged that after they assaulted her son, the two cops, whom she believes are abusing their powers, went on to open a false counter charge of theft and malicious damage to property.

"They opened a case against my son for something he didn't do. They are the ones who damaged the Wi-Fi and started the fight. The cellphones they claim were stolen were returned to the parents of the children after they came to ask for forgiveness on behalf of their kids," she said.

She said she now wants the two cops to be taught a lesson.

"It's not right for a police officer to abuse their powers," she said.

Ekurhuleni district police spokeswoman Captain Nelda Sekgobela said after they received a case from the complainant, it has now been assigned to a new investigating officer who is handling police cases.