Cape Town cop held for
murder
2014-04-15 13:59
(Nielen de Klerk, News24)
Cape Town - A constable has been arrested on
a charge of shooting a man dead in Mitchell’s Plain, the Independent Police
Investigative Directorate (IPID) said on Tuesday.
IPID spokesperson Moses Dlamini said the
34-year-old constable was arrested in Cape Town on Monday night following an
investigation.
He said it was alleged that Sharief Bester,
34, and a friend were standing in a driveway with a friend in the early hours
of Monday morning when a police vehicle stopped next to them.
The two were searched and the friend was
released.
Dlamini said the police did not find anything
on Bester but apparently wanted to arrest him and he resisted.
"It is further alleged that the deceased
was pepper-sprayed. He was then released so that he could run away,"
Dlamini said.
"As he started to run, he was shot once
on the back and he died on the scene."
The constable would appear in the Mitchell’s
Plain Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.
- SAPA
