Staff Reporter
KELLY Nghixulifwa, Anna Ndoroma, and Haffeni Nghinamwaami, the three business partners charged in the B1 City case involving the unlawful use of a N$4.8 million loan, were discharged of some of the charges leveled against them on Tuesday morning.
Their partial discharges came after the accused persons filed an application under section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Act to have the court clear them of all the counts leveled against them by the state.
Section 174 indicates that if, at the conclusion of the prosecution’s case in any trial, the court believes there is no evidence that the accused committed the offense referred to in the charge or any other offense for which they may be convicted on the charge, the court may deliver a judgment of not guilty.
In the discharge application ruling, Judge Christie Liebenberg cleared Nghixulifwa of three charges and instructed him to proceed with his defense on eight charges. Ndoroma, on the other hand, was acquitted of one count, while Nghinamwaami was acquitted of two counts and directed to defend himself on two others.
The trio is jointly charged with fraud and violating the Anti-Corruption Act after Nghixulifwa reportedly obtained a loan of N$4.8 million for Ae//Gams Engineering to acquire Erf 10485, now known as B1 City, without declaring his ownership interest in the company.
Nghixulifwa is represented by Veiko Alexander, while Ndoroma is represented by Silas Kishi-Shakumu, and Trevor Brockerhoff represents Nghinamwaami. The matter is now postponed to September 7th.
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