Officer Du Rand made an urgent call to the Villiers police station, alerting them that he was following a hijacked truck along the gravel road between Villiers and Standerton.
Brigadier Jackson Mkhaulesi was reportedly found in his vehicle with a gunshot wound - hours after he attended the court case of Bester s alleged main accomplice Nandipha Magudumana.
Dressed in a black coat with a stern face, Brig Jackson Mkhaulesi cut an intimidating figure at the back of the Bloemfontein high court this week where he recorded his first victory against accused Dr Nandipha Magudumana. It would be his last.