More eyewitness reports came in today regarding the two migrants who were ‘beaten’ by police in Paceville in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The eyewitnesses confirmed that Ismail Abubaker from Sudan and Kaba Konate from Ivory Coast did not retaliate when being arrested by the police, but did resist being arrested and cried out that they had done nothing wrong.

To the surprise of many of the eyewitnesses, both migrants were taken to court on Sunday and pleaded guilty and got suspended sentences of 10 and eight months respectively. Along with the descriptions concerning directly these two incidents, an 18-year-old from Siggiewi claimed that he too was attacked by a police officer on the same night in Paceville while trying to file a report about his stolen mobile phone. Some people who had witnessed the beating of Mr Abibaker had claimed that the phone had been stolen by the migrant, but this was never found on his person, he said.

Mr Konate’s story became clearer when an eyewitness from Britain, who preferred to have his identity protected for fear of “being at the receiving end of what (he) saw”, gave more graphic details of how the migrant was handcuffed and subdued but continued to be kicked by a police officer and a bouncer in the area in front of a large crowd of people.

The police have launched an investigation.

More information in tomorrow's edition of The Times.