Former cop in KZN court for girlfriend’s murder
A woman’s friends and family, including her young son, gathered outside court with posters calling for justice.
A former Pietermaritzburg police officer appeared in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with the murder of his 25-year-old girlfriend who was shot dead two years ago.
The lifeless body of Tanya Oakes was found dumped outside Northdale Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, KZN, on November 5, 2021.
She had been shot in the face, allegedly with a SAPS-owned firearm, and her body was then allegedly driven in her father’s bakkie and left outside the hospital’s casualty ward.
The former police constable appeared briefly before magistrate Nitesh Binnesarie yesterday.
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