Hit and run cop kills himself
2008-09-03 15:43
Johannesburg - A Mafikeng policeman knocked down and killed a pedestrian and then shot himself dead after shooting his girlfriend's mother, North West police said on Wednesday.
Superintendent Bigboy Dube said the policeman, 34, stationed at Biesiesvlei police station, apparently knocked down a woman crossing the Lotlhakane-Dithakong road on Sunday.
The impact of the crash was so severe that the woman's body was cut in two and the top half of it went through the windscreen of the policeman's car.
The policeman then continued driving with the body parts of the woman on his front seat.
Inspector Martin Sethlabi said the policeman then went looking for his girlfriend at her house in Setumo Park.
When he got there at about 19:30, his girlfriend was not home. Instead he shot her mother twice in the shoulder with his service pistol. He then turned the gun on himself and shot himself dead on the spot.
The mother was rushed to Mafikeng provincial hospital in a critical condition.
A case of culpable homicide and attempted murder was registered against the policeman.
- SAPA