14 NOVEMBER 2014
NAMIB TIMES
COMMUNITY NEWS
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No bail for murder suspect Piquet Jacobs
Jomo Petrus (29) appeared in a packed courtroom before Magistrate Vicky Nicolaidis and was denied bail due to the serious nature of the charges against him. The suspect has been charged with murder under the provisions of the domestic violence act, Act 4 of 2003,
and for theft of a firearm. He could alternatively be charged for possession of a firearm without a license. The late Louise Alupe
These charges follow the fatal shooting of the suspect’s girlfriend, Louise Alupe (24) in the Kuisebmond Beach area on Monday evening. The suspect will remain in custody until 29 January 2015, when he will appear in court again. Police reports confirmed the incident, and elaborated that police were contacted by community members in the area of the shooting. When they arrived at the scene they found the victim’s blindfolded body with 2 shots to her head. The suspect was
found not far from her, also blind-folded, with slit wrists in a suicide attempt. According to police, after having shot Alupe, Petrus turned the pistol on himself, and when the pistol malfunctioned, he slit his wrists with a sharp object. The suspect was taken to the Walvis Bay State Hospital under police guard. The incident had reportedly taken place between 16:00 and 18:00. According to the victim’s siblings, Alupe and Petrus were telephonically in contact before the incident,
and during this conversation Alupe ended their romantic relationship. A while later, Petrus asked Alupe to accompany him to the beach, seemingly to discuss their relationship. Hours later, Alupe's siblings were notified that their sister’s lifeless body had been found near Kuisebmond Beach, with fatal gunshot wounds. It is alleged that the accused had been abusive towards the victim in the past. Until her untimely death, Alupe was a respected employee at The Raft, a popular
The murder suspect, Jomo Petrus restaurant in the Walvis Bay Lagoon area. Her peers described her as a gentle and
kind-hearted young lady, with high aspirations for her future.
Nuwe taxiterminaal skep verwarring Liesl Losper Onsekerheid rakende die feit dat die nuwe lang-afstand taxiterminaal in Walvisbaai nie almal gaan akkommodeer nie, is gister deur taxi eienaars uitgespreek. Hierdie terminaal gaan slegs bussies wat die roete tussen Walvisbaai, Swakopmund en die Noorde van die land volg, akkommodeer. Taxis wat ander roetes, na die binneland en Suide byvoorbeeld volg, gaan steeds van die ou terminaal gebruik maak. Die nuwe terminaal vir langafstand-minibusse is onlangs in Walvisbaai se Kuisebmond woonbuurt ingehuldig en gaan vanaf Maandag amptelik in gebruik geneem word. 'n Verteenwoordiger van United Ocean Transport CC, mnr Fillemon Paulus, het gister aan die namib times genoem dat hulle tans besig is om die kantoor en ander administratiewe take in plek te kry, ten einde Maandag gereed te kan wees. Die maatskappy is deur die Munisipaliteit van Walvisbaai aangestel om die terminaal te bestuur.
Roete aanwysers by die nuwe taxiterminaal
Taxiterminaal wat nog tans gebruik word.