Cop kills ex-girlfriend at police station
April 17 2012 at 07:43am
By YOLANDE DU PREEZ
By YOLANDE DU PREEZ
A young woman who
went to the Moot police station for protection was fatally shot in the charge
office by her ex-boyfriend, a policeman at the very same station.
A young woman who went to the Moot
police station for protection was fatally shot in the charge office by her
ex-boyfriend, a policeman at the same station.
Tsholanang Kgaladi, 23, wanted to
collect her clothes from the flat of Constable Vutivi Mabunda, 24, but was too
scared to go alone and wanted one of his colleagues to accompany her.
Provincial duty officer Lieutenant
Colonel Tshisikhwawe Ndou said: “As far as we know, Kgaladi called the station
to request the assistance of a police officer to help her retrieve her clothing
and belongings from Mabunda’s home.
“She was then taken to the police
station, and Mabunda, whose shift ended at 6am, was called to the station. It
(seems) Mabunda, while discussing the dispute with fellow officers, drew his
service pistol and shot Kgaladi and then turned the gun on himself,” Ndou said.
Kgaladi was rushed to Eugene Marais
Hospital but was declared dead on arrival. Mabunda died at the scene.
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He said that
when citizens mistrusted and feared the police, the public stopped reporting
crime, which contributed to growing levels of criminality.
Meanwhile,
eThekwini spokesman Thabo Mofokeng confirmed that a full report of the incident
involving Natalie and Nzama had been provided to municipal manager S’bu
Sithole’s office. Mofokeng said that in terms of the Road Traffic Act, metro
officers were not required to adhere to the law – such as not parking on yellow
lines – if it was “in execution of duties”, but that the public may lay any
complaints at the City Ombudsman’s Office.
Independent
on Saturday
http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/tales-of-police-behaving-badly-1.1454823
