Murder suspect on the run
A Windhoek man accused of murdering a 4-year-old boy in July 2015 after rumours surfaced that he was not the child's biological father, is on the run.
Muno Reeves Dawid, 46, was scheduled to make another appearance before High Court Judge Nate Ndauendapo during a pre-trial conference of case management review yesterday, but did not show up for a second time.
Dawid was initially absent before court on 28 November 2017, and since that day has been at large, with his whereabouts unknown.
The accused's government-funded defence lawyer, Mbanga Siyomuinji also made several calls to his client's mobile phone, which was not reachable.
As a result of Dawid's absence before court for a second time, a warrant for his immediate arrest issued on 28 November 2017 remains in force.
His bail of N$4 000 was also yesterday finally cancelled and forfeited to state coffers.
If Dawid is re-arrested, he will be kept in police custody until the finalisation of his alleged murder trial.
Dawid is accused of intentionally killing Athanosius Katholo Reeves Simbo on 05 July 2015 by hitting the child against a concrete wall at a house in Mika Shimbuli Street in Katutura.
The state alleges that at the time of the boy's birth on 20 August 2010, Dawid and the child's biological mother, Stella Fatima Simbo, were in a romantic relationship and she told the accused he was the child's father.
Their relationship ended in 2012 and the child remained in Dawid's care.
Rumours, however, started to surface in the community that he was not Simbo's biological father.
Subsequent to the child's death, DNA test results also confirmed that Dawid was in fact not the child's biological father.
Advocate Cliff Lutibezi appeared for the state.
NAMPA
Muno Reeves Dawid, 46, was scheduled to make another appearance before High Court Judge Nate Ndauendapo during a pre-trial conference of case management review yesterday, but did not show up for a second time.
Dawid was initially absent before court on 28 November 2017, and since that day has been at large, with his whereabouts unknown.
The accused's government-funded defence lawyer, Mbanga Siyomuinji also made several calls to his client's mobile phone, which was not reachable.
As a result of Dawid's absence before court for a second time, a warrant for his immediate arrest issued on 28 November 2017 remains in force.
His bail of N$4 000 was also yesterday finally cancelled and forfeited to state coffers.
If Dawid is re-arrested, he will be kept in police custody until the finalisation of his alleged murder trial.
Dawid is accused of intentionally killing Athanosius Katholo Reeves Simbo on 05 July 2015 by hitting the child against a concrete wall at a house in Mika Shimbuli Street in Katutura.
The state alleges that at the time of the boy's birth on 20 August 2010, Dawid and the child's biological mother, Stella Fatima Simbo, were in a romantic relationship and she told the accused he was the child's father.
Their relationship ended in 2012 and the child remained in Dawid's care.
Rumours, however, started to surface in the community that he was not Simbo's biological father.
Subsequent to the child's death, DNA test results also confirmed that Dawid was in fact not the child's biological father.
Advocate Cliff Lutibezi appeared for the state.
NAMPA
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