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Cape Town – South African pop duo Locnville has released an official statement on their Facebook page on Thursday regarding an incident where they claimed police assaulted them.
The statement details their version of the events that occurred at an Engen garage in Claremont at around 04:00 on Thursday morning.
A group of four males reportedly started hurling abuse at the Chaplin twins and their friend calling them, amongst other things "fags" and "wankers". Andrew Chaplin allegedly responded verbally and attempted to walk away, but an altercation ensued.
The statement continues: "Upon leaving the Engen garage shop, they were approached by two police officers who were aggressive from the start and wanted to find out what the story was (...) Andrew and Brian then left the garage and attempted to climb into a taxi to continue their journey home. They were then pulled out of the taxi by the same two police officers.
"Andrew and Brian appealed to the police officers to calm down and despite this Brian was sprayed in the face with mace/pepper spray. They managed to get away after a group of security guards who saw the incident assisted them."
Andrew Chaplin claims he was ignored by Claremont police when he attempted to call the station to lodge a complaint, saying that they "laughed at me and hung up each time".
Andrew and Brian Chaplin, together with their father, were scheduled to meet with Lieutentant Colonel André Traut of SAPS on Thursday.
For the full statement visit Locnville's Facebook page.
The statement details their version of the events that occurred at an Engen garage in Claremont at around 04:00 on Thursday morning.
A group of four males reportedly started hurling abuse at the Chaplin twins and their friend calling them, amongst other things "fags" and "wankers". Andrew Chaplin allegedly responded verbally and attempted to walk away, but an altercation ensued.
The statement continues: "Upon leaving the Engen garage shop, they were approached by two police officers who were aggressive from the start and wanted to find out what the story was (...) Andrew and Brian then left the garage and attempted to climb into a taxi to continue their journey home. They were then pulled out of the taxi by the same two police officers.
"Andrew and Brian appealed to the police officers to calm down and despite this Brian was sprayed in the face with mace/pepper spray. They managed to get away after a group of security guards who saw the incident assisted them."
Andrew Chaplin claims he was ignored by Claremont police when he attempted to call the station to lodge a complaint, saying that they "laughed at me and hung up each time".
Andrew and Brian Chaplin, together with their father, were scheduled to meet with Lieutentant Colonel André Traut of SAPS on Thursday.
For the full statement visit Locnville's Facebook page.
