TWO men appeared in Port Shepstone Magistrate’s court on Tuesday this week on charges of assault and grievous bodily harm.
The charges were brought forward when Ashley Naidoo (23) and two of his friends were allegedly assaulted.
Mr Naidoo and his friends were walking to a shop when they noticed a vicious dog coming towards them from a house along Woodpecker Drive in Palmview.
According to police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Zandra Wiid, the men shouted for the owner to get his dog, but that he emerged from the house and chased the men away with a whip. They men ran to the nearby shop.
When Mr Naidoo and his friends returned from the shop, the owner of the house, who was in a bakkie, and some of his relatives, stopped the men. They were joined by people in another vehicle.
The occupants of the vehicles then attacked Mr Naidoo and his friends, allegedly with a bush knife and a whip. Mr Naidoo was hit over his hands and head, sustaining open wounds.
One of his friends was cut on the lip while the other was lashed on the hands, head and back. Mr Naidoo was taken to hospital were he received treatment.
Two men, aged 46 and 51 years respectively, were arrested last Sunday and released on R1 000 bail each.
“My friends and I are extremely lucky to be alive,”said Mr Naidoo. “These men could have killed us. Luckily a resident heard our screams for help and stopped them from hitting us,” said Mr Naidoo.
