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Thedi noted that there were inconsistencies with the state witnesses from how the accused tried to enter the club, to the shooting incident as well as the injuries.Īccording to the Magistrate she was not convinced that the DIS did not act in self defence. When delivering judgment, Magistrate Tshepo Thedi, noted inconsistencies in the evidence of the seven state witnesses. He said it was then that the officer whipped out the gun from his pocket and pointed it at him.Īccording to the bouncer he tried to disarm the DIS officer after he shot him on the thigh. The club bouncer further told the court that he then forcibly took the bottles from the officer and pushed him outside and he fell to the ground. He further testified that the DIS officer, after being rejected,l came back again this time in an aggressive mood. He said that the DIS came by the gate entrance holding four cans of beer but he denied him entrance because alcohol from outside was prohibited. In his evidence, the club bouncer told the court that he was attacked whilst he was on duty on December 26, 2014. He said he then decided to shoot on the ground and only used one out of the 10 rounds of ammunition. He told the court that his initial thought was to shoot a warning shot in the air but was afraid the bullet might reach one of the people attacking him and kill them. He said he tried to tell them he was not a petty thief but an officer of the DIS but they were having none of it. As they man-handled him he said he could hear them saying legodu (referring to him as a petty thief).Īccording to Seitshiro, his pistol fell to the ground as he fell and he picked and cocked the weapon hoping they would leave him alone but they continued to assault him. Rejecting his request, according to the DIS officer, the bouncers grabbed and strangled him and he fell down.

The DIS officer said he approached the club bouncers who rejected his request to get inside to look for his friends.

Club bouncer code#

He further told the court that even his dress code was not appropriate for him to get inside the club as he was on standby for work.Īccording to his evidence, trouble began at around 04.00 am when he tried to call his two friends who had left him outside, asking them to go home as it was already morning. He told the court that he decided to remain outside as it was so noisy inside that he would not have heard his phone ring had he been called for duty. Seitshiro confirmed that on the fateful day he had visited The Magic Club in Gabane in the company of two of his friends but remained outside the club as he was on standby.

The Intelligence officer who has had the charge of ‘grievous harm’ hanging over his head since 2014, told the court that he had shot at the club bouncer to protect himself from a mob attack from the bouncer and his crew. Seitshiro will have his criminal charge erased from the public record after he convinced the court on Tuesday that he acted in self defence. A Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DISS) agent, Obopeng Seitshiro, has been acquitted of a criminal charge for allegedly shooting and injuring a club bouncer in Gabane.