Staff Reporter
A driver and a bodyguard employed by Madibeng Local Municipality Mayor Douglas Maimane are due to appear in court on Monday on charges of murder and defeating the ends of justice after the fatal shooting of a Pretoria father of two.
Michael Swanton, 36, a sergeant in the South African Air Force, was shot on Wednesday night while travelling with his wife on the R80, commonly known as the Mabopane main road, in the Hercules area north of Pretoria, according to police.
Gauteng police communications officer, colonel Dimakatso Sello, told Inside Metros the suspects will be appearing at the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court. Investigations are continuing, she said.
City Press reported that according to Swanton’s wife, Stephanie, an unmarked SUV fitted with a single blue light on the windscreen, tried to signal to their car to pull over while the couple was driving, but did not use a siren.
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