Suspended officer's girlfriend defends him amid assault allegations
Rhoda says her ex-partner beat her to the extent that she had to use crutches.
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The current girlfriend of a suspended law enforcement officer, who was accused of assault against his previous partner, has spoken out to give their side of the story.
The woman who asked not to be named, told the Cape Argus sister newspaper, the Daily Voice that following an article published in the newspaper titled ‘Tables Turned’, she wanted to set the record straight.
In July, the officer's estranged girlfriend, Shauna Rhoda took to social media and broke her silence about the alleged attack.
According to Rhoda, the officer, hit her head and pulled her hair through the window as she attempted to collect clothes for their children.
The woman explained she has a different account because she was present: “The officer and I were chilling, watching a movie at 10pm on that Monday and that’s when he received a call from her.
“She said that she was outside in the cold with their children, saying they were stranded and that he should open. But they weren’t with her and he told her to go home.
“He said he wasn’t going to open and she decided to jump over a two metre high wall, that is how her ankle broke and her foot was then placed in a cast.
“She started banging against the front door and window several times, however he did not open. She decided to open the side gate and enter the yard coming around towards his bedroom and started banging against the window several times. "
Bruises she sustained were allegedly due to her climbing over a wall.
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She said the officer asked her what she was doing and told her to leave and that he was going to call the police but she refused.
The woman further claims Rhoda attacked her and that she began defending herself while the officer jumped in to pull them apart.
She said Rhoda allegedly continued on a violent rampage, damaged a door and told friends she was there to collect clothes after the officer refused to open.
Rhoda previously said her case against the officer was withdrawn due to insufficient evidence, however it was due to no prospect of a successful prosecution against him.
Rhoda is facing charges of assault common under the domestic violence act, malicious damage to property and housebreaking and is expected to be back in court on October 3.
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