Lack of petrol gets attendant beat up
Two men appeared before the Tzaneen Magistrate’s Court yesterday after they assaulted a petrol attendant at a filling station in Tzaneen
POLOKWANE – The incident happened at 23:11 on Saturday evening. [SEE THE VIDEO BELOW]
A source explained to Review that three men pulled up at the filling station in a vehicle and asked the petrol attendant for 93 petrol. The petrol attendant explained to the men that they only had 95 petrol, but the men were not happy with this and started shouting at the attendant.
“Two of the men got out of the vehicle and started assaulting the petrol attendant. He tried to run for his life, but the abusers followed him into a room where the beating continued. The driver of the vehicle tried to stop his friends, but was not successful. Other employees at the filling station pressed the security panic button and armed response was send for assistance,” the source said.
Published on YouTube on June 21, 2016 by Mkhomazi Twala
The source added that as the security officials arrived at the scene, the men left the filling station, but were stopped by the security guards.
Louis Naudé, Operations Director at Northern Security, confirmed that they received a distress call.
“When we received the signal we immediately called and the person explained that they are being attacked and that one of the petrol attendants is being assaulted. Four of our vehicles were sent to the scene, and as we arrived, the vehicle was leaving the premises. We blocked the vehicle and asked the occupants to get out of the car and we apprehended them. We called the police and two of the three men were arrested,” Naudé said.
The suspects, Hermanus van Dyk (36) and Danie le Roux (27), were released on R500 bail each and the case was postponed to 27 June.
One of the suspects has a suspended assault sentence.
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