Former cop allegedly killed girlfriend, then drove her car to police station
According to police, the 27-year-old stabbed his girlfriend several times at his residence before driving the victim’s vehicle to report the crime at a station.
PRETORIA, June 7 (ANA) – A 27-year-old former police constable was on Monday expected to appear before the Standerton magistrate’s court for allegedly killing his 34-year-old girlfriend.
The man reportedly stabbed the woman several times at his residence in Sakhile near Standerton on Sunday before driving the victim’s vehicle to report the crime at a station, Mpumalanga police spokesman Brigadier Leonard Hlathi said in a statement.
“He then led (police) together with the medical team to his house and upon arrival, (the) lifeless body of the woman was found in a pool of blood with visible stab wounds,” Hlathi said, adding that a murder case was opened and the former policeman immediately arrested.
“Police also confiscated a sharp object at the scene which will form part of the investigation.”
Acting Mpumalanga police provincial commissioner Major General Thulani Phahla condemned the incident and called on men to stop the scourge of gender-based violence in South Africa.
“Women should be protected by men and not suffer senseless violence. We believe that justice will be served for this victim and her family,” said Phahla.
In another instance of spousal violence involving a member of the police service, Constable Mampho Olga Sekoto was last month arrested for allegedly shooting her husband before being released on a warning by the Ficksburg magistrate’s court.
Sekoto, aged 31, allegedly discharged her official firearm at her spouse, accusing him of cheating. She was on patrol duty with a colleague, when her husband stopped by their police vehicle to speak to her.
During the time, Sekoto allegedly checked her husband’s mobile phone and soon after confronted him, accusing him of cheating. During the argument, she allegedly drew her firearm and fired shots in his direction.
– African News Agency (ANA), Editing by Stella Mapenzauswa