The Presidential Protection Services (PPS) detail of Deputy President Paul Mashatile "intentionally suppressed" evidence to evade any further investigation against them and showed a disregard for the country's laws.
This was heard in the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Monday in the bail application of eight PPS officers implicated in assaulting plain-clothed members of the South African National Defence Force on the N1 between Johannesburg and Pretoria earlier this month.
The officers failed to report the assault to their commander.