Rugby Player Charged With Murdering A Police Officer In South Africa

Bees Roux, a Rugby player for the Pretoria’s Blue Bulls in South Africa, has been charged with murder after allegedly beating a police officer to death with his bare hands.

According to the Associated Press, there is some confusion as to what happened the night of the murder, but Roux is claiming his innocence. The officer, Sgt. Ntshimane Mogale, was found dead in the street last week, but Roux says he had nothing to do with it even though he had been pulled over for Drunk Driving that same evening by Mogale. (Roux is also getting charged for the drunk driving offense)

His lawyer, Rudi Krause, said the 28-year-old Roux maintains that his car was being stolen and he was acting in self defense. He also added that his client’s credit card had been used at a fast-food restaurant after he was placed in custody.

The court heard that Mogale may have been driving Roux home when an altercation broke out. In an affidavit Krause read in court, Roux, whose full name is Jacobus Stephanus Roux, denied that he attacked Mogale in that way.

Who knows, if only Mogale would have been wearing the Rape Axe, maybe none of this would have happened.