3 nabbed in Dorning murder probe
2009-11-28 17:00
Durban - Three people, including a policeman, were arrested on Saturday for the murder of a former KwaZulu-Natal government top official, Antony Dorning, police said.
Another suspect was killed when he allegedly tried to escape arrest by shooting at police, Director Phindile Radebe said.
“The provincial commissioner has commended the police for making this breakthrough. This will send a clear message to other criminals that they have nowhere to hide," she said.
The suspects were found with two cellphones belonging to the Dorning family during the arrest, she said.
“We also found three illegal firearms including the one that was used by one of the suspects to try to shoot at the police," Radebe said.
The men had been cornered by the police in Crammond area outside Pietermaritzburg, she said.
Dorning, 55, was killed when three armed men confronted him and his wife on their farm Adamshurst early this month.
Dorning, a farmer and academic, was a chief of staff in the KwaZulu-Natal premier's office and retired in July.
According to police reports at the time of the incident, a DSTV decoder, two cellphones and a video player were taken when the Dorning family was attacked.
- SAPA