South Africa Court Finds Policemen Guilty Of Mozambican's Murder

There were demonstrations following Mr Macia's death in 2013. AFP

A South African court has found eight policemen guilty of the murder of a Mozambican taxi driver who died after being dragged behind a police van in Johannesburg in 2013. The incident, recorded on video by a bystander, caused widespread revulsion.

BBC report that Judge Bert Bam said there was no doubt that the police could have foreseen that Mido Macia, 27, would have died from being dragged behind a police van while handcuffed. The police officers had pleaded not guilty, and denied handcuffing him to the van and said he had fallen from the van and the handcuffs had "accidentally hooked onto the back".