MBHULENI MAN ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING TOM KIRK

MANZINI – There was drama at the Mahhala Shopping Complex when an angry customer allegedly assaulted business tycoon Tom Kirk in broad daylight.

38) of Mbhuleni is alleged to have assaulted the businessman on Saturday, while allegedly demanding that he (businessman) pay him his money. The businessman is said to have been sitting behind the wheel of his tractor at the complex when the incident occured. According to eyewitnesses, the man allegedly shoved Kirk and demanded that he hand over his money, while threateningly advancing with the intention of assaulting the elderly businessman.

“It took the quick intervention of the security officers around the complex, who rushed to assist their employer, before assaulting the man who was screaming blue murder and hurling expletives, while manhandling Kirk,” well-placed sources alleged.

While the bone of contention was not established, it was discovered that the customer, who had bought certain items from the complex, was demanding his money back after his items were withheld. It is said when he tried to recover his money, he was told that it would not be given to him and he allegedly went berserk, and attacked the businessman.

It was gathered that Kirk, with the help of his security men, frogmarched the suspect to the Sigodvweni Police Station, where he was duly charged and placed in custody, while he waited to appear in court yesterday.
During his appearance before Magistrate Mthokozisi Dlamini, the accused person denied that he had assaulted the businessman.  He said he was the one who was assaulted instead.

“I was attacked by security officers at that place and was beaten up, I did not hit him,” he insisted. He told the court that he only wanted his money back.
“The items I bought there were taken away from me and I was not even given the money I had paid,” Melusi complained in court. However, he did not specify what items he had bought.

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