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Former Black Stars defender John Painstil is in police custody for assaulting a cop and allegedly stealing his wife’s car.

The former Fulham star was invited by the East Legon police over a complaint filed by his wife that he had stolen her vehicle.

But, Mr. Painstil became angry during interrogation and hit the district police commander and the investigator.

ASP Afia Tenge, Public Relations Officer at the Greater Accra Regional Police Command confirmed the incident to Joy News.

She said a report was been made against Mr. Painstil by his wife for stealing her car and the police as part of their investigations needed to invite both parties to enable them to commence investigation. 

The Police PRO told Joy News, “there was a meeting that was supposed to be held between the two parties and in the cause of the meeting we realised that John Painstil was failing to cooperate and it was at this point that the District Commander ordered that we should arrest him and also take a statement from him.”

During that process, John Painstil “got furious and even had to hit the District Commander in the eye,” ASP Tenge said.

The former Black Stars defender is custody while the police continue their investigations.