{"id":133362,"date":"2016-09-17T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T06:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/133362\/community-patrollers-stop-assault\/"},"modified":"2016-09-18T10:22:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T08:22:40","slug":"community-patrollers-stop-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/09\/17\/community-patrollers-stop-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Community patrollers stop assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman in the Marathon informal settlement was recently assaulted by her boyfriend during an altercation over money.<\/p>\n<p>It is alleged that the 28-year-old man had visited her at work.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>While he was there, the woman asked him for her money, but he said he had left it with his sister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victim called her boyfriend\u2019s sister to inquire about the money.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe sister said she hadn\u2019t received any money from the accused,\u201d said communications officer for the Primrose police, Sgt Styles Maome.<\/p>\n<p>The woman confronted the man and he became enraged and assaulted her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was allegedly kicking and punching her when community patrollers, who were passing nearby, saw what was happening and rushed to help,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n<p>Police were called to the scene and a case of domestic violence was opened against the accused.<\/p>\n<p>He was later arrested and will appear in the Germiston Magistrates Court soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/133306\/man-allegedly-takes-victims-shop-equipment-to-cover-debt\/\" target=\"_blank\">Man allegedly takes victim\u2019s shop equipment to cover debt<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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