Piketberg murder-accused Richard Smit resigned from the police a day before his internal disciplinary hearing over the shooting of his girlfriend Natasha Booise.
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The Piketberg policeman charged with shooting dead his long-time girlfriend, Natasha Booise had three previous criminal convictions, and his gun was taken away when his father got a protection order against him.