Celtic star avoids jail time for ‘impersonating SANDF soldier’
Bloemfontein Celtic forward Tebogo Potsane has apologised for coming across as impersonating an army member.
Innocent Maela of Orlando Pirates and Tebogo Potsane of Bloemfontein Celtic during the Absa Premiership 2018/19 game between Bloemfontein Celtic and Orlando Pirates. (Frikkie Kapp/BackpagePix)
A video of the footballer wearing the SANDF uniform was shared on social media on Friday when the national lockdown started.
Rumours of the player being arrested for impersonating a soldier started doing the rounds over the weekend but Celtic Media offer Sello Nduna confirmed the player was never in police custody.
Nduna said the club received a call from the SANDF to discuss the player wearing his friend’s uniform.
“He was not arrested and never had to pay a fine of R10,000. He is at home as we speak. We meet and he was given a warning,” Nduna told Lesedi FM.
“Tebogo Potsane apologised to the nation for what he did and he was told to never again be caught impersonating a soldier or police officer.
“I believe he has learned from this, Tebogo is a good boy and the video was meant as a joke there was no malicious intent on his side. The uniform belongs to his friend and the video was really meant as a joke.”
Tebogo Potsane, Bloemfontein Celtics player has been arrested to pose as a soldier and fined R10,000 or ten years imprisonment. pic.twitter.com/MJrPqo3HP5
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