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Sbu and Shauwn Mpisane relax at a Durban hotel after a day in the Durban Magistrates Court where Shauwn is on trial for tax fraud PICTURE: DOCTOR NGCOBO<\/p>\n
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The cat-and-mouse game played by S\u2019bu and Shauwn Mpisane with the media turned nasty yesterday when an angry group of men turned on a photographer from The Mercury, threatening him and attempting to take his camera away from him. <\/p>\n
The incident occurred in Z court, where Shauwn Mpisane is standing trial on tax fraud charges. <\/p>\n
The couple are never seen entering or leaving the Durban Magistrate\u2019s Court building through the only public door, sparking speculation that they have access to restricted areas of the building. <\/p>\n
The Mercury has reported this to court management for investigation. <\/p>\n
Photographer Terry Haywood was given permission by magistrate Blessing Msani to take photographs in Z court before and after the hearing. <\/p>\n
However, after entering the court with his camera and taking only one picture of Mpisane talking to her advocate, Wim Trengove, chaos erupted and several men approached him menacingly, shouting. <\/p>\n
Informed by reporters that Haywood had the permission of the magistrate to be there, one man said: \u201cWe don\u2019t care what the magistrate says.\u201d <\/p>\n
They then pushed Haywood out of the courtroom and tried to take his camera. At one stage a man threatened to throw the camera out of the 12th floor window of the building. <\/p>\n
A plain-clothes policeman who happened to be in the courtroom intervened, saying he would arrest those involved if they did not stop what they were doing. A court orderly also intervened but with little effect. Haywood expressed fear for his safety and left. <\/p>\n
Yesterday afternoon he laid a complaint with the police regarding the incident. <\/p>\n
The Mercury\u2019s editor, Philani Mgwaba, wrote to provincial police commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni expressing concern at the lack of security in the courtroom. <\/p>\n
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We respectfully submit that the police have a duty to protect our rights in the courtroom and we ask that you have sufficient policemen in court to carry out this duty,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n
Later in the day S\u2019bu Mpisane contacted The Mercury, saying he did not want to be on the wrong side of the media and wanted to move forward. <\/p>\n
He said he and his wife would co-operate and photographers \u201cjust need to ask\u201d. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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