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Off duty cop witnessed shooting
20/11/2007 17:57 - (SA)
Cape Town - A police sergeant sitting in a car at the Woodstock police station saw two men in a red BMW opening fire on police Inspector Lourens le Roux, the Cape High Court heard on Tuesday.
It is alleged that the two men were being investigated by Le Roux for the earlier murder of Godfrey Hendricks, in an argument over a baseball cap.
Before the court are Ebraheem Jacobs, of Lansdowne, and Gareth Leetz, of Walmer Estate, who have pleaded not guilty before Judge Andre le Grange and two assessors to both murders.
Sergeant Michael Toto, of the Woodstock Uniformed Branch of the police, told the court he had knocked off work, and was seated in a car outside the Woodstock police station just after 15:00 on the day that Le Roux died.
As he waited for the driver, a red BMW approached at high speed, and stopped next to a white Citi Golf parked nearby.
He said two men got out of the BMW, approached the Golf on foot and both started shooting at the occupant of the Golf.
Toto told the court: "I realised they were shooting at the occupant of the Golf, and I ran to the police station to report the incident.
"As I rushed to the police station, I noticed the driver of the Golf, who had been shot, was one of our members.
"I alerted the station staff, and rushed out again, to find the BMW had disappeared."
He said the shooting had lasted about three minutes.
The hearing continues on Wednesday.
- SAPA
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