TimesLive reports that a man arrested in connection with the murder of an off-duty policeman appeared briefly in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

W/O Michael Jameson, 52, was shot while picking up his daughter from school when he noticed a hijacking. He tried to prevent the hijacking but came under fire and was killed. Jameson was attached to the Durban public order policing unit. The suspect, Phinda Shongwe, 33, was arrested in Hammarsdale, outside Pietermaritzburg. The state opposed bail and claimed Shongwe assaulted the driver of a C63 Mercedes-Benz, valued at R750,000, to hijack the car. Shongwe, who was remanded until his next court appearance on 21 September, was also recently arrested in connection with a Hammarsdale robbery. SA Community Crime Watch CEO Steven King described Jameson as an “exceptional, dedicated policeman who paid the highest price”.

Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Mfundo Mkhize at TimesLive

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