Double Valentine murder trial resumes
The trial of double murder accused Mathias Kalunga Shindinge (45) who is charged with shooting his wife and her suspected lover to death in the Omafo area in the Ohangwena Region on 14 February 2013 resumes today in the Oshakati High Court.
Shindinge is expected to be in the dock until tomorrow for cross examination regarding his involvement in the killing of his wife Selma Nalooliwa Imbili who was 30 at the time and her suspected lover, an Angolan businessman Matheus Fransisco Tavares Yuye who was 39.
It is believed that Shindinge carried out the murders because of an alleged affair between his wife and Yuye.
This then prompted what was described as a well-orchestrated ambush where it is alleged that Shindinge caught the two, who were travelling on the Oshikango-Ondangwa main road at the Omafo area, by surprise at around 21:00 that evening and shot them both.
According to the State, Shindinge first shot Yuye who died in the vehicle which consequently crashed into a fence. It is alleged he thereafter aimed the 9mm Makarov pistol at his wife Imbili, who tried to run for her life.
Shindinge then handed himself over to the police where he has remained since.
The late Imbili resided at Omafo in the Helao Nafidi town but worked as a hairdresser at a salon in Oshikango while Yuye was a resident of Santa Clara, the Angolan border town near Oshikango.
Shindinge was from Ongha village.
It was also reported that Imbili was a mother of five children.
The married couple were separated at the time for a period of two years.
KENYA KAMBOWE
Shindinge is expected to be in the dock until tomorrow for cross examination regarding his involvement in the killing of his wife Selma Nalooliwa Imbili who was 30 at the time and her suspected lover, an Angolan businessman Matheus Fransisco Tavares Yuye who was 39.
It is believed that Shindinge carried out the murders because of an alleged affair between his wife and Yuye.
This then prompted what was described as a well-orchestrated ambush where it is alleged that Shindinge caught the two, who were travelling on the Oshikango-Ondangwa main road at the Omafo area, by surprise at around 21:00 that evening and shot them both.
According to the State, Shindinge first shot Yuye who died in the vehicle which consequently crashed into a fence. It is alleged he thereafter aimed the 9mm Makarov pistol at his wife Imbili, who tried to run for her life.
Shindinge then handed himself over to the police where he has remained since.
The late Imbili resided at Omafo in the Helao Nafidi town but worked as a hairdresser at a salon in Oshikango while Yuye was a resident of Santa Clara, the Angolan border town near Oshikango.
Shindinge was from Ongha village.
It was also reported that Imbili was a mother of five children.
The married couple were separated at the time for a period of two years.
KENYA KAMBOWE
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