8 S.African police jailed for dragging Mozambican man to death

By AFP

South Africa A picture taken on March 8, 2013 shows some of the South African police officers on trial in Benoni court over the death of Mido Macia, a Mozambican taxi driver who died in custody after being dragged behind a police van. By Werner Beuke PoolAFPFile

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A picture taken on March 8, 2013 shows some of the South African police officers on trial in Benoni court over the death of Mido Macia, a Mozambican taxi driver who died in custody after being dragged behind a police van. By Werner Beuke (Pool/AFP/File)

Johannesburg (AFP) - Eight South African policemen were jailed Wednesday for 15 years each for murdering a Mozambican man who was dragged behind a police van in an incident caught by mobile phone cameras.

"Each of you are sentenced to 15 years imprisonment," High Court judge Bert Bam said in the capital Pretoria.