NATIONAL NEWS - Student constable Sipho Mbatha, accused of shooting dead a Soweto teenager, is to appear in the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court on Friday.
He was denied bail at his last appearance.
Mbatha, 41, is accused of killing 16-year-old Thato Mokoka in Braamfischerville, Soweto, on February 14.
The unarmed teenager was shot three times with an R5 rifle, while lying on the ground on his stomach outside his grandmother's home.
Mbatha claimed he bent over to search Mokoka when the shots went off.
In a previous court appearance, witnesses said Mbatha had tried to commit suicide.
Source : Sapa
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