Mpuma cop
appears for murder
2014-04-04 07:18
Johannesburg
- A 28-year-old policeman accused of murder appeared in the Ngodwana Periodical
Court along with a co-accused on Thursday, Mpumalanga police said.
The
matter was postponed to 10 April for bail application, police spokesperson
Leonard Hlathi said.
Constable
Sandile Dlamini and Saico Mathe, 30, remained in custody.
The
two were arrested on Monday after they were caught driving a suspected stolen
car near Waterval Boven.
Hlathi
said police noticed blood on the back seat of the vehicle after it was stopped.
"The
suspects confessed to shooting the owner of the vehicle and dumping his body
next to the road at Elandshoek before driving off with his vehicle."
The
body of the man was found with a bullet wound in the head.
The
officer also faces a charge of drunken driving.
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SAPA
