THOUSANDS of Piketberg residents have signed a petition calling for the bail application of murder accused cop, Richard “Makka” Smit, to be denied.
Tempers flared at the Piketberg Magistrates’ Court on Friday when protesters saw a large contingent of cops escort the constable, 36, accused of murdering his girlfriend Natasha Lee-Grey Booise, 30.
The mom of one was mercilessly gunned down by Smit in full view of her 11-year-
old son while walking with relatives through the dorpie last Sunday.
Uproar
Natasha’s death has sparked an uproar in the community after it was revealed that Smit had shot her with his service pistol while he was off duty.
According to her family, the cop had been abusing his girlfriend for years and had isolated her from her family.
Last Sunday,…
