Guilty of double murder
Julius Dausab has been convicted of the murders of Paulina Kenamune and her mother, Elfriede Kenamune, eight years ago.
A riddle that persisted for the past eight years around the shooting and killing of a mother and her daughter at Okatuo in Okahandja came to a conclusion on Monday when the Windhoek High Court found the daughter's boyfriend guilty of murder with direct intent.
Julius Dausab was found guilty of the murders of Paulina Kenamune and her mother, Elfriede Kenamune (44), on 3 June 2009. Dausab had fathered two children with Paulina.
He was further found guilty of possession of a firearm without a licence and illegal possession of ammunition.
In his judgment Judge Alfred Siboleka said there were no irregularities in the way the police had investigated the matter.
He further found that the evidence of State witness Simon Kavendja, boyfriend of late Elfriede Kenamune who was present at Okatuo that night, was credible and that he had all the means to tell the court that he saw Dausab shooting the victims.
But he simply said he didn't observe or hear the sound of the first gunshot that killed Paulina.
“He was fast asleep, tired from the drawing of water using a donkey cart. Only when he was awakened by Elfriede Kenamune, did he realise there were problems at his residence,” Siboleka said.
The judge dismissed Dausab's claim of an unknown assailant who arrived in a vehicle that was parked there until after the double murder. Judge Siboleka said no tracks of such a vehicle were seen by any of the police officers or by Kavendja.
He stated that immediately after Elfriende Kenamune was gunned down Dausab called to Kavendja to come out, saying: “I have got no problem with you. I will not do anything to you.” This implied that Dausab had had problems with the two deceased women.
The judge consequently found him guilty as charged and postponed the matter for sentencing to 27 February. Advocate Eric Moyo prosecuted while Bradley Basson appeared for Dausab.
FRED GOEIEMAN
Julius Dausab was found guilty of the murders of Paulina Kenamune and her mother, Elfriede Kenamune (44), on 3 June 2009. Dausab had fathered two children with Paulina.
He was further found guilty of possession of a firearm without a licence and illegal possession of ammunition.
In his judgment Judge Alfred Siboleka said there were no irregularities in the way the police had investigated the matter.
He further found that the evidence of State witness Simon Kavendja, boyfriend of late Elfriede Kenamune who was present at Okatuo that night, was credible and that he had all the means to tell the court that he saw Dausab shooting the victims.
But he simply said he didn't observe or hear the sound of the first gunshot that killed Paulina.
“He was fast asleep, tired from the drawing of water using a donkey cart. Only when he was awakened by Elfriede Kenamune, did he realise there were problems at his residence,” Siboleka said.
The judge dismissed Dausab's claim of an unknown assailant who arrived in a vehicle that was parked there until after the double murder. Judge Siboleka said no tracks of such a vehicle were seen by any of the police officers or by Kavendja.
He stated that immediately after Elfriende Kenamune was gunned down Dausab called to Kavendja to come out, saying: “I have got no problem with you. I will not do anything to you.” This implied that Dausab had had problems with the two deceased women.
The judge consequently found him guilty as charged and postponed the matter for sentencing to 27 February. Advocate Eric Moyo prosecuted while Bradley Basson appeared for Dausab.
FRED GOEIEMAN
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