Policeman Who Killed Tennis Star’s Mum Arrested, Gives Own Version Of Incident

The police has arrested the officer who allegedly shot dead the mother of teenage tennis star, Angel Macleod (read here). The arrest of the officer was ordered by the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni.

According to Sun, the victim, Beauty McCleod, who is also a tennis player based in United Arab Emirates was shot dead in presence of her daughter, Angel at the Emperor’s Place Hotels during a quarrel on Sunday.

An eye witness close to the deceased, recounted how the incident occurred:  “Beauty returned from Ghana on Sunday where she took her daughter to a tennis academy. She invited one of her friends to pick her up for shopping at the hotel that same night but had reservations about the manner the police guard treated her guest.

She apparently challenged the policeman when she returned to her room to pick her wallet and the policeman chased Beauty down the stairs and shot her in the leg. I can’t say what transpired between them but I saw the policeman shooting her.”

She was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment but was rejected. She was finally admitted at Saint Nicholas Hospital but passed away on Monday morning after she lost a lot of blood.

Confirming the incident, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Joseph Offor said that the Policeman is attached to the Mounted Troop Police Station and not Moroko Police Division as earlier speculated.

He said: “Yes, a police­man shot a woman and she later died. The policeman has been detained at Moroko Police Station.

We only have the policeman’s version, but the woman is dead. We can’t possibly get to hear her side of the story again. But investigations are on­going and we have started talking to eye witnesses. The story we have however is that the policeman and the woman live in the same compound at Victoria Island. They had been having issues. They had another quarrel and the woman attempted to dispossess him of his gun. During the struggle, the gun exploded. The woman was hit. She later died. That was what the Policeman said..”