Cape Town - A former Proteas cricketer is expected to appear in the Goodwood Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, for allegedly assaulting a 14-year-old Pinelands High pupil last week.
The accused claims the child was throwing stones at his car. He claims he stopped and picked up the child and drove to his school to report the incident.
The matter was reported to the police and assault charges were preferred against the former cricketer. However, the cricketer from Pinelands has not been formally charged and so may not be named.
The incident, which led to the police investigation, allegedly happened on Wednesday outside the Pinelands High School. Western Cape police confirmed that a 14-year-old boy had opened an assault case.
Earlier on Friday the cricketer told Eyewitness News he had taken the teen boy to the school and reported him for “for swearing at me and throwing little stones at my car”.
He questioned why he would have assaulted the teen in front of his children.
The sister of the boy who was allegedly assaulted told the radio station her brother was shouting at cars passing by outside the high school.
She said the cricketer grabbed her brother by the throat, pulled him against the car and questioned what he was doing.
The boy’s sister said the cricketer got her brother into the car, smacked him and drove off.
He then drove back and dropped the teenager outside the school.
African News Agency and Independent Media