Cape Town - An off-duty policeman has shot himself in the head after he allegedly raped the 18-year-old sister of his girlfriend at gunpoint.
Cops were called to the scene in Stallion Road, Westridge, Mitchells Plain, on Thursday afternoon after 2pm where they found the body of Constable Ashley Heywood, 27.
Heywood, who was stationed at Mitchells Plain, was off duty and was due to begin night shift.
Police sources close to the investigation say Heywood was visiting his girlfriend’s home. She was not there, and he allegedly held her teenage sister, who is in matric, at gunpoint and sexually assaulted her.
It’s believed that he immediately regretted his action, and turned the gun on himself.
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