VIDEO: Journalist harassed by cops at scene
LOMBARDY EAST - The body of an unknown man has been found at a property in Lombardy East.
UPDATE: 2 March 2015, 4:20pm – Our journalist who is at the scene, Andrew Howie, was harassed by police officers at the scene. The police officers chased him away from the scene and took his cell phone from him and deleted images. He took a video following the incident, watch the video below:
Jenny Else, former collegue of the deceased said, “He[the deceased] was a former employee of Richard Else Pool Services from 1982 up until his sad departure. He was a punctual, friendly and efficient employee. We are heartbroken as to his death. We send our condolences out to his family.”
Investigating officer Maswnanganyi from Sandringham Police said, “We received a phone call about someone who was passed out. We attended the scene and contacted Emergency services. Emergency services declared the man dead upon arrival. The man is known as a pool technician from the area and his name will not be released until the man has been identified officially as well as the cause of death. The pathology services are referring to the scene as a crime scene.
Initial report: 2 March 2015, 4pm – A man has been found dead at a homeowner’s property in Lombardy East earlier today.
It is believed that the owner of the property, David Wallie, stopped at home to pick up some money for his child’s school fees and noticed a man lying on his pavement lawn. The homeowner assumed that the man was drunk and asleep.
He tried to wake up the man up but failed. The homeowner then called his wife, Busi, who is an employee at the Joburg North Caxton office.
Busi said, “I called my tenant at the property to find out what was going on. She informed me that the man was dead and that the police are at the scene. The police officers at the scene were extremely unhelpful as they did not even know the phone number of an ambulance service. I was forced to search on Google for an ambulance service. The man’s body is just laying on the side of the road with a bottle of alcohol in his hand.”
An eye witness at the scene, Freda Lonsina, said, Ï was walking down the road when i noticed a huge commotion at the corner of Cromwell and Wordsworth streets. A man was tapping a man who was lying on the floor but he was not moving.”
