Retired cop, wife gunned down

2003-07-12 16:01

Pretoria - A retired police captain and his wife were found murdered on their smallholding in Cullinan, east of Pretoria on Friday night, police said on Saturday.

Captain Piletji Sebola said Captain Douw Gerbrand Grobler, 59, and his wife Frederika Jacoba, 57, were both shot in the head. They were found in their bedroom about 21:00.

Sebola said the gunmen allegedly gained access to the couple's home by breaking a window. They shot the couple before ransacking the house.

They stole electrical appliances. All the goods were loaded into Frederika's car, in which they drove off.

Sebola said Frederika died in the house and her husband died before he could be airlifted to the hospital.

Their neighbour heard the gunshots and alerted police, who found the stolen vehicle loaded with goods, abandoned about a kilometre from the house.

He said Grobler was stationed at Cullinan police station before he retired in May.

The suspects were still at large.

- SAPA