Valentine's Day 'killer' awaits fate
A man who allegedly killed his wife and her lover will hear his fate next Friday in the Oshakati High Court.
Mathias kaShindinge Kalunga (48), who is accused of Valentine's Day double murder in 2013, will hear his fate next Friday, after judgement in the matter was postponed yesterday.
Oshakati High Court judge, Herman Januarie, is currently on sick leave and will only be available on 14 September, according to Judge Marlene Tommasi, who postponed the matter.
Kalunga is accused of shooting his wife, Selma Imbili (30), and her alleged lover, Matheus Yuye (39), with a 9mm Makarov pistol on a Valentine's Day evening at Omafo in Ohangwena.
According to the post-mortem report, Imbili died as a result of six bullets that struck her, while Yuye was shot twice.
Imbili was a mother of five and worked at a salon at Oshikango at the time of her death, while Yuye was an Angolan businessman.
Kalunga has pleaded not guilty.
He maintains he acted in self-defence, after the two victims allegedly tried to kill him by running him over with a vehicle.
On 20 February 2013, Kalunga submitted a confession to a lower court in Ohangwena.
He indicated that while he was working in Walvis Bay, a woman whom he identified as Hilya Haifeni, contacted him and informed him about an alleged affair between his wife and Yuye. Haifeni was allegedly also Yuye's lover.
Kalunga said he promised to call and meet Haifeni once he travelled to the north, as he was employed at Tunacor, a Walvis Bay-based fishing company.
“I then promised to call and meet her when I come to Ovamboland,” Kalunga said.
However, on 29 March 2017, Kalunga gave the Oshakati High Court a different version, saying Haifeni was the one who pressured him to meet and had harassed him. When he finally met her in December 2012, Kalunga said Haifeni instructed him to tell his wife to stay away from Yuye.
Despite his confession, Kalunga pleaded not guilty in July 2015 in the High Court.
Court documents show that his legal representative at the time, Grace Mugaviri, indicated to the court on 28 July 2015 that Kalunga wanted to change his plea from self-defence to guilty for both murders.
Two days later Mugaviri informed the court she was withdrawing from the case because her client had continued to change his instructions. Lucius Matota is representing the State, while Marcia Amupolo appears for Kalunga.
KENYA KAMBOWE
Oshakati High Court judge, Herman Januarie, is currently on sick leave and will only be available on 14 September, according to Judge Marlene Tommasi, who postponed the matter.
Kalunga is accused of shooting his wife, Selma Imbili (30), and her alleged lover, Matheus Yuye (39), with a 9mm Makarov pistol on a Valentine's Day evening at Omafo in Ohangwena.
According to the post-mortem report, Imbili died as a result of six bullets that struck her, while Yuye was shot twice.
Imbili was a mother of five and worked at a salon at Oshikango at the time of her death, while Yuye was an Angolan businessman.
Kalunga has pleaded not guilty.
He maintains he acted in self-defence, after the two victims allegedly tried to kill him by running him over with a vehicle.
On 20 February 2013, Kalunga submitted a confession to a lower court in Ohangwena.
He indicated that while he was working in Walvis Bay, a woman whom he identified as Hilya Haifeni, contacted him and informed him about an alleged affair between his wife and Yuye. Haifeni was allegedly also Yuye's lover.
Kalunga said he promised to call and meet Haifeni once he travelled to the north, as he was employed at Tunacor, a Walvis Bay-based fishing company.
“I then promised to call and meet her when I come to Ovamboland,” Kalunga said.
However, on 29 March 2017, Kalunga gave the Oshakati High Court a different version, saying Haifeni was the one who pressured him to meet and had harassed him. When he finally met her in December 2012, Kalunga said Haifeni instructed him to tell his wife to stay away from Yuye.
Despite his confession, Kalunga pleaded not guilty in July 2015 in the High Court.
Court documents show that his legal representative at the time, Grace Mugaviri, indicated to the court on 28 July 2015 that Kalunga wanted to change his plea from self-defence to guilty for both murders.
Two days later Mugaviri informed the court she was withdrawing from the case because her client had continued to change his instructions. Lucius Matota is representing the State, while Marcia Amupolo appears for Kalunga.
KENYA KAMBOWE
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