Couple held for murder
The Rehoboth police has arrested a man and his girlfriend in connection with the murder of the woman's brother who reportedly intervened during a fight over sex.
According to the deceased's older sister, she overheard the couple arguing over sex in their nearby bedroom and then heard their sister (one of the suspects) call their brother for help.
The incident reportedly took place on Friday evening 17 November.
“I was in my room with my husband during this quarrel and after a while we heard the sound of a knife falling on the concrete floor or what sounded like a blade. It was, however, a while later that my younger brother called me to come and see our brother was killed,” she said.
According to the older sister, they may have dozed off and did not hear any screaming or fighting during the time.
“It was just the three of them in the bedroom; even one of our children that was sleeping in a nearby room did not hear any strange noises. We are shocked and stunned and we have no idea what could possibly have gone wrong in that room,” she said.
She added that minutes before his gruesome death, her brother a “peace-loving” man, had begged the couple to stop “quarrelling and fighting”.
Hardap regional crime investigations coordinator, Deputy Commissioner Eric Clay, yesterday confirmed that the couple has been arrested and are in police custody for the murder of the 54-year-old man.
According to Clay, the suspect, a sister of the deceased, has implicated her boyfriend saying he stabbed the man and then gave her the knife and ordered her to get rid of it.
“We still have not found the murder weapon, which at this point can only be described as a sharp object, judging from the wounds on the deceased's body. The police are still searching for it,” Clay explained.
Speechless
Meanwhile, neighbours of the family, who all live together in a home in the Block C residential area at the town, are dumbfounded by what has happened, saying the deceased and his sister who is now suspected of stabbing him to death, were “inseparable”.
A neighbour told Namibian Sun that the siblings were seen together in a joyful mood earlier on Friday.
“He (deceased) was such a quiet man, he was a drinker but he never started or engaged in quarrels. I cannot believe this has happened,” she said.
The couple is being questioned and will make a court appearance in the Rehoboth Magistrate's Court today.
JEMIMA BEUKES
According to the deceased's older sister, she overheard the couple arguing over sex in their nearby bedroom and then heard their sister (one of the suspects) call their brother for help.
The incident reportedly took place on Friday evening 17 November.
“I was in my room with my husband during this quarrel and after a while we heard the sound of a knife falling on the concrete floor or what sounded like a blade. It was, however, a while later that my younger brother called me to come and see our brother was killed,” she said.
According to the older sister, they may have dozed off and did not hear any screaming or fighting during the time.
“It was just the three of them in the bedroom; even one of our children that was sleeping in a nearby room did not hear any strange noises. We are shocked and stunned and we have no idea what could possibly have gone wrong in that room,” she said.
She added that minutes before his gruesome death, her brother a “peace-loving” man, had begged the couple to stop “quarrelling and fighting”.
Hardap regional crime investigations coordinator, Deputy Commissioner Eric Clay, yesterday confirmed that the couple has been arrested and are in police custody for the murder of the 54-year-old man.
According to Clay, the suspect, a sister of the deceased, has implicated her boyfriend saying he stabbed the man and then gave her the knife and ordered her to get rid of it.
“We still have not found the murder weapon, which at this point can only be described as a sharp object, judging from the wounds on the deceased's body. The police are still searching for it,” Clay explained.
Speechless
Meanwhile, neighbours of the family, who all live together in a home in the Block C residential area at the town, are dumbfounded by what has happened, saying the deceased and his sister who is now suspected of stabbing him to death, were “inseparable”.
A neighbour told Namibian Sun that the siblings were seen together in a joyful mood earlier on Friday.
“He (deceased) was such a quiet man, he was a drinker but he never started or engaged in quarrels. I cannot believe this has happened,” she said.
The couple is being questioned and will make a court appearance in the Rehoboth Magistrate's Court today.
JEMIMA BEUKES
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