Murder convict wants suspended sentence
Murder convict Eliakim Nampindi, in his plea for mitigation requested the court to impose a suspended sentence, citing his age of 66 years as well as ill-health.
“I am getting old. I cannot even remember some things and my heart is not functioning well,” he testified in mitigation. He said he can only remember recent things but nothing that happened a long time ago.
Nampindi was found guilty of two murders and attempted murder.
He killed Paul Fredericks, 46, at Hoachanas in the Mariental district on 5 March 2009.
He was further found guilty of murder which he had committed while out on bail for the first murder and on a warrant of arrest after he failed to return to court. He killed his girlfriend Anetta Jantjies during the period of 3 to 4 August 2011 at Kalkrand.
Nampindi was found guilty of attempting to kill Salmon Rooinasie by stabbing him with a knife in his back on the same night. It was testified that Nampindi and Fredericks were at Farm Onzerust when a quarrel broke out between them over alcohol.
The deceased allegedly refused to give Nampindi some of the alcohol and removed him from the room. Nampindi returned after a while with a knife and stabbed Fredericks once in the chest.
Fredericks died later that same evening as a result of severe internal bleeding and a collapsed lung. The primary findings during the autopsy were that Fredericks sustained a deep penetrating stab wound to the upper chest that punctured the upper lobe of his lung.
While Nampindi was on the run from the police on the first murder charge he arrived at the residence of Jantjies, 38, at Farm Schlip on the evening of 3 August 2011.
The deceased, her daughter and Rooinasie were sitting at the fire. It was testified that Nampindi initially stabbed Rooinasie in the back in an attempt to kill him and then advanced on Jantjies and stabbed her several times in the abdomen and chest with the same knife.
Jantjies died the next morning as a result of the multiple stab wounds. The post-mortem report found six stab wounds had perforated her stomach and small intestines, which caused her bowels to protrude from her stomach.
It was further reported that her right lung was perforated causing extensive internal bleeding and that her right arm was broken by the force of the attack.
State Advocate Ethel Ndlovu during cross-examination maintained that Nampindi does not have regard for the law.
“While he was on bail for the first murder he absconded, a warrant of arrest was issued against him and while he was on the run killed his girlfriend and attempted to kill Rooinasie,” Ndlovu said.
According to the State advocate Nampindi had already been cautioned by the court about his bad temper which led to violence but did not heed to the warning.
She cited his previous convictions and said he was in 1983 sentenced to three years for culpable homicide and in 1997 to 16 years’ imprisonment for murder. “Why should the court now give you a suspended sentence when you cannot control your temper and continue to kill people,” Ndlovu said.
Nampindi promised that he would never kill again.
FRED GOEIEMAN
“I am getting old. I cannot even remember some things and my heart is not functioning well,” he testified in mitigation. He said he can only remember recent things but nothing that happened a long time ago.
Nampindi was found guilty of two murders and attempted murder.
He killed Paul Fredericks, 46, at Hoachanas in the Mariental district on 5 March 2009.
He was further found guilty of murder which he had committed while out on bail for the first murder and on a warrant of arrest after he failed to return to court. He killed his girlfriend Anetta Jantjies during the period of 3 to 4 August 2011 at Kalkrand.
Nampindi was found guilty of attempting to kill Salmon Rooinasie by stabbing him with a knife in his back on the same night. It was testified that Nampindi and Fredericks were at Farm Onzerust when a quarrel broke out between them over alcohol.
The deceased allegedly refused to give Nampindi some of the alcohol and removed him from the room. Nampindi returned after a while with a knife and stabbed Fredericks once in the chest.
Fredericks died later that same evening as a result of severe internal bleeding and a collapsed lung. The primary findings during the autopsy were that Fredericks sustained a deep penetrating stab wound to the upper chest that punctured the upper lobe of his lung.
While Nampindi was on the run from the police on the first murder charge he arrived at the residence of Jantjies, 38, at Farm Schlip on the evening of 3 August 2011.
The deceased, her daughter and Rooinasie were sitting at the fire. It was testified that Nampindi initially stabbed Rooinasie in the back in an attempt to kill him and then advanced on Jantjies and stabbed her several times in the abdomen and chest with the same knife.
Jantjies died the next morning as a result of the multiple stab wounds. The post-mortem report found six stab wounds had perforated her stomach and small intestines, which caused her bowels to protrude from her stomach.
It was further reported that her right lung was perforated causing extensive internal bleeding and that her right arm was broken by the force of the attack.
State Advocate Ethel Ndlovu during cross-examination maintained that Nampindi does not have regard for the law.
“While he was on bail for the first murder he absconded, a warrant of arrest was issued against him and while he was on the run killed his girlfriend and attempted to kill Rooinasie,” Ndlovu said.
According to the State advocate Nampindi had already been cautioned by the court about his bad temper which led to violence but did not heed to the warning.
She cited his previous convictions and said he was in 1983 sentenced to three years for culpable homicide and in 1997 to 16 years’ imprisonment for murder. “Why should the court now give you a suspended sentence when you cannot control your temper and continue to kill people,” Ndlovu said.
Nampindi promised that he would never kill again.
FRED GOEIEMAN
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