MADLANGA COMMISSION: ‘My son was murdered in cold blood by the police,’ father tells inquiry
Gregory Loftus, the father of a tow truck operator who was killed in a shooting in Durban in 2023, has told the Madlanga Commission that the day before this happened, he tried to interdict police officers from murdering his son. Other evidence, meanwhile, suggested his son was a “notorious” figure.
Gregory Loftus, the father of Bevan Loftus, testified to the Madlanga Commission that his son was murdered by the police in an unprovoked attack. The shooting occurred on 1 April 2023 in Durban, South Africa. Gregory, a former police officer, stated that the police came to murder Bevan under the guise of a legitimate operation at the behest of Clive Naicker, a rival in the tow truck industry and an alleged drug dealer.
Bevan, who had previously lodged a criminal complaint against his father, was described by his father as neither a criminal nor a notorious individual.
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