Police officers are granted bail
Public interest in order to process millions of alleged robbery continues unabated
"Notwithstanding the fact that they are law enforcers, they must apply the same presumption of innocence as to all defendants." With this statement, Magistrate Judge Ingrid Unengu has explained why it has two police officers accused of robbery yesterday granted bail.
The two accused Michael Shidiwe (left) and Eliaser Amukoto after they received yesterday bail. Windhoek - The two police officers Kashuupulwa Nestor (34) and Mupopwa Mupopiwa are accused along with three alleged accomplices of having stolen a foreign businessman, in May of this year, some 2.2 million N $. The process arising therefrom has caused great public interest and was also followed by a big crowd yesterday in Municipal Court.
After the first defendant Josiah Muhongo (53) on 16 July has received bail was granted yesterday in addition to the two policemen also their co-accused Michael Shidiwe (53) and Eliaser Amukoto (50) Deposit of $ 5000 N and 20000 N $. The main reason for this partial success was, according to Judge Unengu especially the fact that the five defendants neither a flight risk nor danger of collusion exists.
She pointed out that according to its own description Amukoto Shidiwe and both are wealthy and have several properties in Namibia, they would lose in the event of an escape. Furthermore, there was no reason to believe that the defendants' part of a gang or syndicate "were, or had used a weapon in the alleged robbery.
Unengu that "it does not reflect well on Namibia that two police officers suspected in connection with a robbery as criminals." She lifted but also shows that it is at the allegations against the police officers are currently only a "reasonable suspicion" the principal, the allegations go back only to the state of a single witness.
If that is the Lebanese citizen Vicken Kaprelian. This has supposedly on 16 May in a house in Klein Windhoek met with the defendant Shidiwe to negotiate the purchase of an oil exploration license, for the acquisition, he apparently had N $ 2.2 million in cash it. In the course of this meeting, three men entered the house and have presented themselves as policemen.
To investigate under the pretext of "illegal activities" such as the illegal sale of rough diamonds, they should have taken the cash stashed in a pocket at each other. Supposedly, the Lebanese were offered with a box of diamonds before the alleged robbers entered the house.
All the accused have to start the process all the allegations against her cursed himself and indicated that she would plead not guilty.
