BENONI, South Africa (Reuters) - Nine South African policemen pleaded 'not guilty' on Friday to charges of murdering a Mozambican taxi driver who has handcuffed and dragged behind a police vehicle in full view of a crowd of bystanders.
A post-mortem report circulating in the courtroom in Benoni, a mining town east of Johannesburg, said 27-year-old Mido Macia had died of oxygen starvation. He also suffered a range of injuries including "extensive abrasions on the face, limbs and body" and bruises to his back, torso and testicles.