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Sean Davison, WFRtDS President arrested in Cape Town

 

Sean Davison, President of the WFRtDS has been arrested yesterday in connection with the death in 2013 of 43-year-old doctor Anrich Burger‚ who was left a quadriplegic after an accident in 2005. The University of the Western Cape professor was due to appear in Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday and was expected to apply for bail. Police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Andre Traut said: “This office can confirm that a 57-year-old man was arrested on a charge of murder yesterday relating to an incident in Sea Point on November 2‚ 2013‚ which led to the death of a 43-year-old man." Read more details here.

20 september 2018:

Sean has left the policy cell on bail. Read details on https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-09-19-sean-davison-out-on-r20000-bail-after-being-charged-with-murder/

More information on background of the situation in: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-09-20-timing-of-arrest-of-dignity-sa-director-sean-davison-questioned/

News to follow as soon as more is known.

WFRtDS Conference 2018

               Biennial WFRtDS Conference

                                       from September 6 to 10 2018

                                       in Cape Town South Africa.

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