Namibia: Report of the State Marine Psychiatrist is ready

By Roland Routh

Windhoek – The psychiatric report ordered by the court by a state psychiatrist to determine whether Zenobia Seas, accused of killing her biological daughter in Swakopmund, is fit to be judged is ready and will be submitted to the court at It was revealed by the prosecutor general's attorney, lawyer Antonia Verhoef, at a hearing before the court on the status of mental health of the seas before the judge of the High Court Christi Liebenberg.

then returned the case to this week to allow the state and defense to study the reports and decide to accept or challenge the findings of psychiatrists.

Judge Liebenberg ordered that Seas be assessed by a private psychiatrist, Reinhardt Sieberhagen, to determine his ability to understand court proceedings and his ability to defend himself. She must also be examined by a state psychiatrist to determine whether she was able to appreciate the illegality of her acts when she committed the offense, ordered the judge.

Sieberhagen has already made an assessment and found that she was fit to stand trial.

Seas allegedly choked Ava Owoses, three years old, on a beach near mile 108 on September 26, 2016, before attempting to commit suicide by burning herself and the toddler's body in his car. She was discovered after her mobile phone was found on the scene.

She faces a murder charge, reads with the provisions of the Domestic Violence Act and overcomes or obstructs or attempts to impede the course of justice.

According to the indictment, Seas picked up her daughter at a daycare center in Mondesa, Swakopmund, and drove her to the Blare area in Henties Bay, where she allegedly killed the child in the stuffy or suffocating

. The toddler died at the scene due to asphyxiation. She then contacted various witnesses to inform them that she had killed the deceased, we read in the indictment. It is also stated that Seas "lit the deceased's blanket and attempted to put the vehicle inside with the deceased, in order to thwart or hinder police investigations, conceal the death of the victim and protect yourself from being prosecuted for the crime.