Neil Aggett did not commit suicide, he was killed by police, court finds
Dr Neil Aggett did not commit suicide. He was killed by the apartheid security police, the Johannesburg high court has found.
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Dr Neil Aggett did not commit suicide. He was killed by the apartheid security police, the Johannesburg high court has found.
Image: James Soullier An allegedly damning confession that pained Dr Neil Aggett so deeply that he ended up committing suicide has never been seen, leading to questions as to whether or he actually killed himself. This is according to Brig Johan Naude, a former security branch cop who had interrogated Aggett at John Vorster Square police station in the 1980s. He was testifying in the Johannesburg High Court at the inquest into Aggett’s death. Naude told the inquiry that he did not believe evidence from his colleague, Nick Deetlefs, that Aggett had committed suicide because of a dam...