Seas trial still delayed
Zenobia Seas, 33, made a brief appearance in her second pre-trial hearing in the Windhoek High Court yesterday.
The deputy prosecutor-general, Antonia Verhoef, told the court that certain matters were still outstanding before Seas’ trial could begin.
Translations of witness statements and other documents were outstanding, Verhoef said.
Furthermore, counsel for Seas, Christopher Dube, told the court that he had not yet responded to the pre-trial memorandum.
According to Verhoef, Seas will remain incarcerated at Walvis Bay and will be brought to Windhoek for trial as she is undergoing a medical procedure in Swakopmund.
Seas was denied bail in April last year in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court.
She is charged with murder, read with provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act, as well as defeating or obstructing the course of justice.
Seas is charged with killing her daughter, Ava Antoinette Owoses, 2, on 26 September 2016. According to the State, she had collected Ava from her daycare in Mondesa and had driven towards Henties Bay where she suffocated the child.
It is alleged that she attempted to cover up the murder by attempting to set alight the baby’s blanket and the vehicle.
The charge sheet states that Seas contacted several witnesses after the incident and told them she had killed her daughter.
She will appear before Judge Nate Ndauendapo on 15 February for her next pre-trial hearing.
JACQUELINE LOUW
The deputy prosecutor-general, Antonia Verhoef, told the court that certain matters were still outstanding before Seas’ trial could begin.
Translations of witness statements and other documents were outstanding, Verhoef said.
Furthermore, counsel for Seas, Christopher Dube, told the court that he had not yet responded to the pre-trial memorandum.
According to Verhoef, Seas will remain incarcerated at Walvis Bay and will be brought to Windhoek for trial as she is undergoing a medical procedure in Swakopmund.
Seas was denied bail in April last year in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court.
She is charged with murder, read with provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act, as well as defeating or obstructing the course of justice.
Seas is charged with killing her daughter, Ava Antoinette Owoses, 2, on 26 September 2016. According to the State, she had collected Ava from her daycare in Mondesa and had driven towards Henties Bay where she suffocated the child.
It is alleged that she attempted to cover up the murder by attempting to set alight the baby’s blanket and the vehicle.
The charge sheet states that Seas contacted several witnesses after the incident and told them she had killed her daughter.
She will appear before Judge Nate Ndauendapo on 15 February for her next pre-trial hearing.
JACQUELINE LOUW
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