Shaningua guilty of Joker's murder
Rodney Danne Shaningua (46) was found guilty of murder with direct intent relating to the killing of the 42-year-old Finnish citizen, Marco Kristian Uolevi Rönni. High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg delivered the verdict this morning.
Rönni was shot nine times in an apparent road-rage incident after a minor accident outside a bar near the Windhoek showgrounds. The incident took place during the night of 8 to 9 August outside Joker's Bar in Bell Street in Windhoek.
Shaningua, who had pleaded not guilty to the charges, including that of murder and defeating or obstructing the course of justice, told the court during the course of his trial that he acted in self defence. He testified that when he disembarked from his car outside the Joker's bar, he saw another car with a revving engine driving towards him. He said he pulled out his gun and fired until the magazine was empty, intending to puncture the wheels to fend off the danger.
Rönni died as a result of gunshot injuries to his chest.
An eyewitness to the events, Fenola Felix testified that after Shaningua had left the scene, he had driven to his house in Hochland Park, where he removed his car's number plates. She told the court that a friend of Shaningua's brother had offered her N$7 000 bribe for her silence but, on 10 August 2015, she went to the police.
Rönni was shot nine times in an apparent road-rage incident after a minor accident outside a bar near the Windhoek showgrounds. The incident took place during the night of 8 to 9 August outside Joker's Bar in Bell Street in Windhoek.
Shaningua, who had pleaded not guilty to the charges, including that of murder and defeating or obstructing the course of justice, told the court during the course of his trial that he acted in self defence. He testified that when he disembarked from his car outside the Joker's bar, he saw another car with a revving engine driving towards him. He said he pulled out his gun and fired until the magazine was empty, intending to puncture the wheels to fend off the danger.
Rönni died as a result of gunshot injuries to his chest.
An eyewitness to the events, Fenola Felix testified that after Shaningua had left the scene, he had driven to his house in Hochland Park, where he removed his car's number plates. She told the court that a friend of Shaningua's brother had offered her N$7 000 bribe for her silence but, on 10 August 2015, she went to the police.
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