Mouton to plead in 2018
Morné Mouton, accused of killing a City Police officer and two others while driving drunk, will plead in January next year after his case was resumed when his missing docket was found.
A young man accused of killing a police officer and two civilians while allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol in July 2015, is scheduled to plead to the charges against him on 24 January next year.
According to Nampa, Morné Mouton, 20, made another appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court on Friday morning and his case was remanded until 24 January 2018 for the purposes of plea and trial.
Mouton is free on bail N$6 000 and his bail was extended until his next court appearance.
The date to enter pleas was decided upon as per agreement reached between Mouton's defence lawyer, Nambili Mhata, and public prosecutor Rowan van Wyk before Magistrate Vanessa Stanley on Friday.
Mouton was arrested on 4 July 2015 on charges of culpable homicide and driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol after he ran over two civilians and an on-duty City Police officer along Sam Nujoma Drive in the Hochland Park residential area at about 04:00 that day.
Mouton was driving a Volkswagen sedan vehicle at a high speed while allegedly heavily intoxicated, and hit the three men who were standing on the sidewalk.
The deceased persons - Werner Simon, 22; Joshua Ngenokesho, age unknown; and City Police officer Manfred Gaoseb, 35, were killed instantly.
On 26 September, Mouton's matter was struck from the roll of the Windhoek Magistrate's Court because of a missing docket, leading to the withdrawal of the charges.
The missing docket was retrieved the same week on 28 September from the office of the court's prosecutor, Rowan van Wyk.
Hans Tourob, the control prosecutor of lower courts in Windhoek, at the time told Namibian Sun that they had issued a new summons on the same day for the case to be placed back on the court roll.
Tourob added that his office ordered Van Wyk to explain why the docket was not handed to the prosecutor assigned to the case.
“The incident has placed the State's case and the whole of the prosecution in a very bad light,” Tourob said.
The unavailability of the docket led to Magistrate Vanessa Stanley refusing to grant the State a postponement of the trial.
She struck the case from the court roll when the prosecutor turned up for the trial without witnesses or a case docket.
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According to Nampa, Morné Mouton, 20, made another appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court on Friday morning and his case was remanded until 24 January 2018 for the purposes of plea and trial.
Mouton is free on bail N$6 000 and his bail was extended until his next court appearance.
The date to enter pleas was decided upon as per agreement reached between Mouton's defence lawyer, Nambili Mhata, and public prosecutor Rowan van Wyk before Magistrate Vanessa Stanley on Friday.
Mouton was arrested on 4 July 2015 on charges of culpable homicide and driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol after he ran over two civilians and an on-duty City Police officer along Sam Nujoma Drive in the Hochland Park residential area at about 04:00 that day.
Mouton was driving a Volkswagen sedan vehicle at a high speed while allegedly heavily intoxicated, and hit the three men who were standing on the sidewalk.
The deceased persons - Werner Simon, 22; Joshua Ngenokesho, age unknown; and City Police officer Manfred Gaoseb, 35, were killed instantly.
On 26 September, Mouton's matter was struck from the roll of the Windhoek Magistrate's Court because of a missing docket, leading to the withdrawal of the charges.
The missing docket was retrieved the same week on 28 September from the office of the court's prosecutor, Rowan van Wyk.
Hans Tourob, the control prosecutor of lower courts in Windhoek, at the time told Namibian Sun that they had issued a new summons on the same day for the case to be placed back on the court roll.
Tourob added that his office ordered Van Wyk to explain why the docket was not handed to the prosecutor assigned to the case.
“The incident has placed the State's case and the whole of the prosecution in a very bad light,” Tourob said.
The unavailability of the docket led to Magistrate Vanessa Stanley refusing to grant the State a postponement of the trial.
She struck the case from the court roll when the prosecutor turned up for the trial without witnesses or a case docket.
STAFF REPORTER
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