The arrest of a police constable linked with a hijacking that resulted in the death of a 11-year-old Durban girl has got South Africans up in arms.
South Africans are fuming after news broke that a polce constable was arrested in connection with a hijacking that left an 11-year-old girl dead. Image: Fotokita/ Darren Stewart.Ex-Steinhoff CFO gets suspended sentence for R300 million fraud, South Africans slam justice system“He joined the police force for the sole purpose of having access to a gun. A criminal is always a criminal.”“Doesn't shock me at all. It has become the norm. Police are involved in crime all the time.
Lots of good cops out there. Sadly, they all get a bad reputation because of the rotten ones.”The youngster was with family outside a fast-food outlet when armed men demanded the vehicle’s keys.Byron Pillay is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He received a Diploma in Journalism from the Caxton Cadet School. He spent 11 years covering a wide variety of news as a community journalist, including politics, crime and current affairs.
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