Girlfriend in court for murdering a police officer

GAUTENG – Bongiwe Praise Magwaza (22) is expected to return to the Boksburg Magistrates’ Court tomorrow, 14 December 2022 where she is facing a charge of murder.

It is alleged that on 02 December 2022, Sergeant Kgopotso Ntsana (34) stationed at Elsburg police station was murdered by his girlfriend after a fight that ensued between the couple in Leomakalapa next to Windmill Park Estate in Boksburg.

It is further alleged that during the dispute, Ntsana cut Magwaza’s hair then she disarmed, stabbed and shot him. She then fled to a ‘friend’s place’ in Germiston. On Saturday, 3 December 2022 she returned to the house and found Ntsana’s body with a gunshot wound to the head then she informed her neighbours who alerted the authorities.

Preliminary investigation led to Magwaza’s arrest at the crime scene and she appeared in court on 7 December 2022 where she was remanded in custody. The matter was postponed to 14 December 2022 for further investigation.

 

 

 

Source: South African Police Service

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