British businessman and farm owner Harvey Boulter should know after the middle of May if his attempt to avoid being prosecuted on murder and other charges has succeeded. This is after judge Herman Oosthuizen yesterday heard oral arguments on an application by Boulter to have the prosecutor general’s decision to prosecute him on four charges...
The ongoing Fishrot trial has been suspended again after defence lawyer Mbanga Siyomunji filed a recusal motion against Judge Moses Chinhengo. Siyomunji’s client, Nigel Van Wyk, accuses Chinhengo of bias in his application, saying that he fears an unfair trial with Chinhengo on the bench. The recusal of Judge Chinhengo was first brought to the...
The state has shown it has evidence implicating former minister of fisheries and marine resources Bernhard Esau on what appears to be serious charges in the Fishrot case about the alleged unlawful use of Namibian fishing quotas, a judge said in a bail ruling delivered in the Windhoek High Court yesterday. Judge David Munsu made...
One of the lawyers involved in the Fishrot fishing quotas fraud, corruption and racketeering trial has told the presiding judge he will be asking him to step down from the matter. Defence lawyer Mbanga Siyomunji told acting judge Moses Chinhengo in the High Court at Windhoek Correctional Facility on Friday that he will file an...
As lawyer Slysken Makando seeks to be appointed as a High Court judge, a prior clash with the Law Society of Namibia (LSN) has come to the fore once again. Makando assured the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) on Friday that an issue from 2004, which nearly led to his suspension from practising law, has been...
Staff Reporter ADVOCATE Mbanga Siyomunji, representing Nigel van Wyk in the Fishrot trial, has pledged to file an application to recuse Acting Judge Moses Chinhengo from presiding over the trial. Siyomunji made this promise, assuring that it would be done by the end of the day, following a back-and-forth debate between him and the judge...
High Court Acting Judge Moses Chinhengo this morning declined to grant a further remand in the Fishrot trial because of the unavailability of lawyer Florian Beukes due to illness. He similarly declined to grant former attorney general and justice minister Sakeus Shanghala an opportunity to move his section 319 application for a special review. The...
The 10 men facing charges in the Fishrot fishing quotas fraud, corruption and racketeering case must be allowed access to the internet in Windhoek Correctional Facility, where they are being held in custody, the judge presiding over their trial has ordered. In an order issued on Tuesday, acting judge Moses Chinhengo directed that the state...
The trial of the 10 men facing charges in the Fishrot fishing quotas fraud, corruption and racketeering case must now start, acting judge Moses Chinhengo ruled in the High Court at Windhoek Correctional Facility yesterday. Chinhengo gave the ruling after four of the accused in the case – former justice minister and attorney general Sacky...