Local cop in court for allegedly shooting ex-girlfriend, killing her mother
"He was on the run for about a week after he allegedly shot and injured his ex-girlfriend, killing her mother and setting his ex-girlfriend's house on fire."
A 40-year-old police detective appeared in the Pretoria North magistrate’s court on Tuesday, for allegedly shooting and wounding his ex-girlfriend, setting her house on fire and killing her mother in a single incident.
Detective Constable Mautla Maluleke, from the Rietgat police station, was arrested on 14 June, after being on the run for a week.
He faces charges of attempted murder and murder, according to Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) spokesperson Ndileka Cola.
On the evening of June 8, Maluleke’s ex-girlfriend (who is a 32-year-old female constable from the cross border policing unit PSS) was at her home in Soshanguve with her 82-year-old mother and her six-year-old son when Maluleke, the father of the boy, allegedly knocked on their door.
He then allegedly went to the window and fired randomly into the house.
Maluleke’s ex-girlfriend managed to get hold of her firearm and returned fire.
Maluleke then allegedly set the house on fire before running away.
His ex-girlfriend was wounded while her mother died from a gunshot wound on the scene.
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“The scene has been reconstructed as ballistic experts and fire investigators continue to process the crime scene,” said Cola.
A post mortem is yet to be held once the Covid-19 test has been finished on the deceased’s body.
Maluleke is expected back in court on June 22, for bail application.
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