Inmate moved for his safety
The Oshakati High Court yesterday granted a man awaiting trial on a murder charge a transfer from the Oshakati police holding cells to a facility in the Zambezi Region.
The transfer followed an alleged attack on Bester Matengu Lulatelo (45) in the Oshakati police cells on Sunday.
Lulatelo and two other inmates were allegedly attacked by inmates who were allowed to enter their cell.
It is further alleged that the assault had been planned, as a police officer opened the doors and locked the assailants in Lulatelo's cell.
Lulatelo was taken to hospital and later moved to the Ongwediva police station.
The Oshana police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Thomas Aiyambo, could not share information about the alleged assault.
Yesterday, Lulatelo instructed his lawyer, Phineas Nsundano, to ask the court for a transfer to the Kongola police station in Zambezi.
Judge Marlene Tommasi granted Lulatelo's request and postponed the trial to 5 February 2018.
Lulatelo is accused of murdering Kalimukwa Sabrina Mpambo, who burned to death in her hut at Sikwekwe village near Kongola in the Zambezi Region on 22 June 2015.
He is also accused of arson for setting alight Mpambo's hut, and of kidnapping his son on the same day.
He was arrested on 23 June 2015.
KENYA KAMBOWE
The transfer followed an alleged attack on Bester Matengu Lulatelo (45) in the Oshakati police cells on Sunday.
Lulatelo and two other inmates were allegedly attacked by inmates who were allowed to enter their cell.
It is further alleged that the assault had been planned, as a police officer opened the doors and locked the assailants in Lulatelo's cell.
Lulatelo was taken to hospital and later moved to the Ongwediva police station.
The Oshana police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Thomas Aiyambo, could not share information about the alleged assault.
Yesterday, Lulatelo instructed his lawyer, Phineas Nsundano, to ask the court for a transfer to the Kongola police station in Zambezi.
Judge Marlene Tommasi granted Lulatelo's request and postponed the trial to 5 February 2018.
Lulatelo is accused of murdering Kalimukwa Sabrina Mpambo, who burned to death in her hut at Sikwekwe village near Kongola in the Zambezi Region on 22 June 2015.
He is also accused of arson for setting alight Mpambo's hut, and of kidnapping his son on the same day.
He was arrested on 23 June 2015.
KENYA KAMBOWE
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