The case against a police sergeant accused of shooting dead a woman outside a police station was postponed in the Kempton Park Regional Court on Friday.
After three hours of confusion, Manape Phineas Kgoale (38) appeared briefly in regional court two and had his case postponed to May 4 for a bail application.
He faces a charge of murder but more charges could be added.
Crash
Kgoale allegedly shot dead Jeanette Odendaal (45) after she reportedly crashed into a stationary police vehicle in a parking area outside the Kempton Park station on Tuesday evening.
Up until a few minutes before Kgoale appeared, court officials had sent reporters on a wild goose chase looking for him around the courthouse.
Odendaal’s parents arrived in Kempton Park from Middelburg in Mpumalanga on Thursday, and were met by police National Commissioner Bheki Cele to identify their daughter’s body.
Independent Complaints Directorate spokesperson Moses Dlamini was not at court because he was attending the case in Ficksburg in the Free State involving eight policemen who allegedly killed protester Andries Tatane earlier this month. — Sapa