Couple attacked while fishing
30 Aug 2010 | Sapa | 3
Mon Aug 30 13:49:35 SAST 2010comments
An off-duty police officer was shot dead and his fiancée was critically injured in an attack while fishing at a dam on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast
The off-duty policeman was killed while his fiancee is now in a critical condition in hospital
Superintendent Jay Naicker confirmed that Captain Kevein Marallich and his fiancée Cathy Potgieter had been fishing on Sunday afternoon at a farm dam near the town of Nyoni, about 30km north of KwaDukuza (Stanger), when they were attacked.
It is believed that the couple were confronted by two men, one of whom was armed with a high calibre pistol.
Marallich was shot in the face and Potgieter was severely assaulted. She was found by farm workers floating in the dam.
Netcare spokesman Jeff Wicks said Potgieter was in a critical condition in Umhlanga hospital.
Both were from Eshowe. Marallich worked for the police's crime intelligence unit in Eshowe.
30 Aug 2010 | Sapa | 3
Mon Aug 30 13:49:35 SAST 2010comments
An off-duty police officer was shot dead and his fiancée was critically injured in an attack while fishing at a dam on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast
The off-duty policeman was killed while his fiancee is now in a critical condition in hospital
Superintendent Jay Naicker confirmed that Captain Kevein Marallich and his fiancée Cathy Potgieter had been fishing on Sunday afternoon at a farm dam near the town of Nyoni, about 30km north of KwaDukuza (Stanger), when they were attacked.
It is believed that the couple were confronted by two men, one of whom was armed with a high calibre pistol.
Marallich was shot in the face and Potgieter was severely assaulted. She was found by farm workers floating in the dam.
Netcare spokesman Jeff Wicks said Potgieter was in a critical condition in Umhlanga hospital.
Both were from Eshowe. Marallich worked for the police's crime intelligence unit in Eshowe.
