Jermain Defoe Ditangkap, Diduga Ancam Membunuh 2 Wanita
Jermain Defoe Arrested during Investigation of Death Threats at 2 Woman
Editor : Heru S Winarno
Translator : Parulian Manalu
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JERMAIN Defoe ditangkap oleh polisi yang menyelidiki dugaan ancaman untuk membunuh dua wanita setelah hilangnya perhiasan dan pakaian senilai 200.000 poundsterling dari rumahnya.
Barang-barang milik pesepakbola hilang ketika dua sepupunya mengundang tamu wanita untuk pesta di rumahnya di Hertfordshire, tanpa kehadiran Defoe.
Ketika pemain Tottenham Hotspur berusia30 tahun kembali ke rumah dan menemukan miliknya hilang, ia diduga mengatakan kepada sepupunya untuk mencari mereka, seperti dilansir Mail Online.
Para wanita kemudian mengklaim mereka terancam, meskipun tidak oleh Defoe atau dua sepupunya.
Defoe - yang memperoleh gaji sekitar 60 ribu poundsterling per pekan di klub Liga Premier - telah dibebaskan tanpa tuduhan setelah diinterogasi oleh detektif.
Ancaman hukuman 18-tahun harus dihadapi pada sidang akhir tahun ini setelah dituduh ancaman untuk membunuh.
Tottenham tidak mengomentari insiden tersebut.
Defoe sebelumnya telah memenangkan gugatan pembayaran ganti rugi setelah polisi menjebloskan ke sel polisi selama lima jam.
Pesepakbola itu menepi saat mengemudikan mobil Land Rover senilai 75 ribu poundsterling pada pukul 02:40 di Loughton, Essex, pada 27 Juli 2009, karena petugas yakin bahwa ia sedang menjalani larangan mengemudi.
Ia dibawa ke kantor polisi Harlow mana ia ditahan selama beberapa jam meskipun memberitahu petugas bahwa hukumannya yang harus dijalaninya sedang menantikan proses banding.
Namun pemain ini dibebaskan setelah pukul 9 pagi setelah pejabat pengadilan di Chelmsford menegaskan ia tidak dilarang mengemudi.
Polisi setuju untuk membayar ganti rugi empat digit dan meminta maaf kepada Defoe tahun lalu setelah menjalani proses gugatan hukum selama tiga tahun.
Wakil Kepala Polisi Essex, Derek Benson menegaskan kesalahan menangkap berarti catatan hukum Defoe yang salah.
Pengacaranya, Nick Freeman mengatakan: "Ini selalu tentang prinsip dan tidak pernah tentang uang. Uang ganti rugi akan disumbangkan untuk amal.
"Ini adalah kesalahan yang seharusnya tidak perlu terjadi, tetapi setelah itu polisi harus menerima jaminan kami lebih awal bahwa mereka telah keliru."
Setelah salah tangkap, Defoe juga menuduh polisi Essex melakukan pelecehan ketika ia distop ketika mengendarai Ferrari hitam di Chigwell ketika polisi melakukan razia untuk mengatasi pencurian mobil mewah.
JERMAIN Defoe was arrested by police investigating alleged threats to kill two women following the disappearance of jewels and clothing worth £200,000 from his home.
The footballer's belongings went missing when two of his cousins invited the women to a party at his mansion in Hertfordshire in Defoe's absence.
When the 30-year-old Tottenham Hotspur player returned home to find his possession missing, he allegedly told his cousins to get them back.
The women later claimed they were threatened, although not by Defoe or his two cousins.
Defoe - who earns an estimated £60,000 a week at the Premier League club - was released without charge after being questioned by detectives.
An 18-year-old is facing trial later this year after being accused of threats to kill.
Tottenham did not comment on the incident.
Defoe has previously won a compensation payout after being wrongly held in a police cell for five hours.
The footballer was pulled over while driving his £75,000 Land Rover at 2.40am in Loughton, Essex, on July 27, 2009, because officers believed he was serving a drive ban.
He was taken to Harlow police station where he was held for several hours despite telling officers the disqualification had been lifted pending appeal.
But the player was only released after 9am when court officials in Chelmsford confirmed he wasn't banned from driving.
Police agreed to a four-figure payout and apologised to Defoe last year after a three-year legal fight.
Essex Deputy Chief Constable Derek Benson confirmed an inputting error meant Defoe’s records were wrong.
His solicitor Nick Freeman said: 'This was always about principle and never about money. The damages will be donated to charity.
'This was a needless error which should not have occurred, but once it did the police should have accepted our assurances in the early hours of the morning that they had got it wrong.'
Days after the wrongful arrest, Defoe also accused Essex Police of harassment when he was stopped in a black Ferrari in Chigwell as part of an operation to tackle the theft of luxury motors.
