Police spokesperson, Motantsi Makhele, says the two - aged 49 and 37 - were arrested for allegedly defeating the ends of justice following the murder of Constable Madikotsi Mota Malinga, whose body was found behind the swimming pool wall in Reitz. He says their arrests came after it emerged that they failed to provide the police with crucial information which could assist with the investigation following the murder of Malinga. 

Makhele says the duo will appear alongside the 31-year-old murder suspect, Moscow Yiga, at the Reitz Magistrate's Court on 30 August 2021 to face charges, including murder and defeating the ends of justice. The police officer is suspected to have been strangled to death.

"It is alleged that the deceased called her colleagues in the early hours of 21 August 2021, at about 02:15, seeking assistance, alleging that her boyfriend was assaulting her. The two police constables who were off duty, went with the sergeant who was on duty at the time, to search for her. The deceased and the suspect were in a relationship but were not staying together," Makhele said.

Makhele further said that the boyfriend was traced and arrested in Petsana, Reitz.

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