The case against a Grahamstown police officer who allegedly shot his wife after he found her with another man was postponed.
The case against a Grahamstown police officer who allegedly shot his wife after he found her with another man was postponed.
The state prosecutor was not in possession of the docket.
The man, charged with murder after handing himself over to police, was granted R3 000 bail in the Grahamstown Magistrate's Court on Friday 16 January.
The officer is based in the Bisho Protection and Security Services Unit.
In the plea statement during his bail application, the man's attorney Anele Mqeke said the officer is a sergeant in the South African Police Service in Bisho.
He is a former member of the South African Defence Force and previously a member of the ANC's military wing, Umkhonto weSizwe.
In court on Tuesday state prosecutor Nevadia Adriaan said the case was being investigated by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, adding that she had not received the docket yet.
She said she would get details from Mqeke.
Mqeke asked the court to consider the fact that his client lives in Alice and works in Bisho, when considering a reasonable postponement date.
Stunned community members watched on in shock as police removed a dead woman's body from the Fingo VIllage house on Friday 9 January.
Grahamstown police spokesperson Captain Mali Govender said a uniformed police officer was stopped by a resident, who said they had heard gun shots that Friday.
The person also told the police they had heard a woman screaming, around the time of the gunshots.
Govender said an unknown man had fled the scene just as the police arrived at the house in Victoria Road, Fingo Village.
An ambulance was called to the scene and the woman was certified dead.
Sources close to the case have told Grocott's Mail that the man found his wife in his house with another man on Friday 9 January and handed himself over to police shortly afterwards.
The case was postponed to 1 April for copies of the docket and further investigations.
