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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6807 TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2019 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
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Policeman in court for shooting of ex-girlfriend
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The policeman who shot and seriously wounded his ex-girlfriend in a shooting in Kuisebmond at Walvis Bay on Thursday, made a first appearance in the town’s magistrate’s court yesterday. Herman Abed faces a charge of attempted murder. It is alleged the ex-girlfriend went to a police station in Kuisebmond to lay a charge of domestic violence against Abed. As she returned from the police station, Abed allegedly accosted her and shot her at least three times with his service pistol. One of the shots hit her in the upper chest an two other shots in her arms. She is currently making a recovery in a Windhoek hospital. Abed was denied bail and his next appearance in court is set for 4 November.
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No “Midas-touch” New MD of Rössing in these tusks...... Dirk Vermeulen (50), Edgar Clarke (47) and Michael (Mike Lusse) (60), were each granted bail of N$30 000 in the Walvis Bay magistrate's court on Friday after a nearly two days bail application hearing. The trio was arrested by the Namibian Police's unit for protective resources in Walvis Bay respectively on 31 August ( Ve r m e u l e n a n d Clarke) and Lusse only days later at the beginning of September when they allegedly attempted to sell to elephant tusks, weighing a total of 63,5kg to undercover police officers posing as
illegal ivory traders. They face charges relating to the illegal possession of a protected wildlife product (ivory) and the illegal trade of ivory. In the bail application all three the accused admitted they made “a mistake” in being in possession of ivory and selling the ivory without a permit. However, despite these “admissions” the permit issue is expected to
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now feature centrally in the trio's criminal trial that is to follow in the months to come soonest the Police finalise the investigation into the issue. Based on evidence before court by the accused and by the lead detective in the case, Sergeant Frans, the tusks originated from a trophy hunt near Maun in 1999. The tusks were each engraved with the Continues on page 2
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