Metro cop slays lover

30 January 2008 - 02:00
By unknown

A 47-year-old Durban Metro police officer yesterday shot dead his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself.

A 47-year-old Durban Metro police officer yesterday shot dead his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself.

Vernon Jack shot Shonese Ebrahim, 37, in the parking lot outside her workplace on Old Ford Road in Durban yesterday.

KwaZulu-Natal police spokesman, Superintendent Vincent Mdunge, said the incident happened just before lunch. Metro police spokesman Superintendent Thozamile Tyala was not available for comment - Canaan Mdletshe