With his reputation as one of Gqeberha’s most decorated police officers having been on the line, Warrant Officer Severiano Blundin breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday when he was acquitted of kidnapping, torture and assault due to a lack of evidence.

It also emerged that two of the three men who had accused Blundin of kidnapping and torturing them had since been rearrested on charges including theft, murder and the attempted murder of a police officer...