TimesLive reports that a Tshwane metro police officer will claim that there was ‘a lot of provocation’ when he allegedly shot and killed a motorist in Hatfield, Pretoria, last Friday.  

Constable Takatso Mashigo's lawyer, Peter Jay, said his client was bumped twice by the vehicle, a Toyota sedan driven by Tsakani Shimange, who was killed.  However, the officer did not seek to receive medical treatment.  Jay said Mashigo would plead not guilty to murder.  Exactly what transpired when Shimange was shot through the windscreen of his car at a routine traffic checkpoint is expected to emerge when Mashigo applies for bail this coming Friday.  Tshwane metro police said investigations were under way.

• Read this report by Sipho Mabena in full at TimesLive

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