Metrorail train driver murders to appear in court today

Wayne Boonzaaier

13 July 2016

Two people arrested for the murder of a Metrorail train driver will appear in court today.

Piet Botha was shot and killed in a robbery at the Netreg train station near Bonteheuwel earlier this week.

Acting on a tip-off, police arrested two suspects in neighbouring Bishop Lavis yesterday. Police say one of the men was found in possession of the gun believed to be the murder weapon.

In a separate incident, the body of a 20-year-old man was found near the station yesterday.

The Community Policing Forum’s Graham Lind-horst said that there have been no arrests in connection with the shooting of the 20-year-old man, who was gunned down in full view of the public.