VIP cop in court
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:11 AM
A South African police
officer.
A
member of the VIP protection team of a KwaZulu-Natal MEC appeared briefly in
the Camperdown Magistrate's Court on eight attempted murder charges on Monday.
Police
Constable Hlanganani Nxumalo (28), was told he would remain in custody until
his next court appearance on 19 November.
Nxumalo
(28), of the Alexandra Road police barracks in Pietermaritzburg, allegedly shot
out the tyre of a Mazda on the N3 near Camperdown on Saturday morning. The
driver lost control of the car, veered into oncoming traffic and collided
head-on with a bakkie. There were six people in each car. Eight of them were
injured.
On
Monday Nxumalo silently faced a barrage of press photographers. His light brown
shoes were without laces and he was handcuffed as soon as he left the dock. No
evidence was led as the State needed time to investigate the charges against
him.
According
to the charge sheet the driver of the Mazda was Angivansen Moodley and his
passenger Nireshen Moonsmay. The driver of the bakkie was Nundlall Singh. The
other passengers were named as Naresh Dookie, Joseph and Roman Magugula, Louis
Manic and Mzambusi Ngubane.
According
to Superintendent Henry Budhram the black Mazda was heading towards Durban on
Saturday morning and was being followed by a police collision unit vehicle. A
black Volkswagen Golf with flashing blue lights sped up behind them.
The
police vehicle pulled over to allow the Golf to pass, but "at that moment
the driver of the Mazda could not pull over as he was passing a truck".
When
the Mazda had passed the truck and pulled over, a passenger in the Golf, which
had tinted windows, allegedly opened the window and shot out one of the Mazda's
tyres.
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