Parents lose damages claim after being detained for rescuing child during lockdown from Muizenberg beach.
Muizenberg parents have lost their claim for over half a million rand in damages against the police after being detained for six hours while rescuing their toddler from the beach during lockdown.
The Western Cape High Court found that SAPS acted within the law at the time, as they were following the lockdown regulations which were in place.
The parents, who are only identified by their initials as their daughter was slightly older than a year when the incident occurred in May 2020, claimed that they had suffered a nightmare ordeal at the hands of the police.
The husband testified that they lived in an apartment in Muizenberg, close to the beach.
