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A 41-year-old Katutura man was dragged to the Windhoek court, accused of murdering his girlfriend and locking up his body in his cabin.
Elvis Meize pleaded not guilty to the prosecution and obstructing the course of justice by concealing the knife that he used to murder Vaanda Tjihuiko between September 23 and 30, 2016 at Erf 6472 in Katutura
It is the case of the state that Meize deliberately killed Tjihuiko by stabbing him with a knife that he was hiding and later she sent text messages to her friends and to her relatives claiming to be the deceased pretending to be in Walvis Bay and finding a new boyfriend.
A close relative who grew up with the accused at the age of six months and also grew up He, Ngurimuje Meize, a journalist by profession took to the witness stand and told the court that He had confessed that he had murdered his girlfriend.
The accused was the son of his sister who was raised by his own word. she, the witness told the court.
"We grew up together and he came back at the age of six months and he stayed at my mother's house in Erf 6472 Katutura where he built his hut," said Ngurimuje.
He said that he visited Erf where the accused was staying with his sister, following which he was greeted by a horrible smell that the sister said to have fought for some time.
that the smell was caused by his girlfriend who had defecated in a "night pot" and by the time Ngurimuje arrived, the deceased had not been seen for four days. [19659002Thewitnessalsotoldthecourtthattherehadbeenreportsoftheaccusedhavingbeatenhisgirlfriendwhohadrefusedtoreporthimtothepolicenotwantinghimtobearrestedthecourtheard
"I asked where is Elvis? They said that he was not there and I said to go and call him but do not tell him I'm here. When he came I told brother what's going on? He immediately told me that the smell is the smell of my girlfriend. I stabbed her and killed her. "
" It was a big shock. I told myself to be clam. I asked why you did not inform the authorities and he told me to give me a day. I realized that if I acted harshly, I would bring up his ideas and I told him to inform the authorities, "he said.
He said he informed the police When they returned to his hut, Ngurimuje said that when they opened it, the smell was horrible with many flies while four police departments had already arrived at the scene. 19659002] The witness recounted that the accused had not told him why he had stabbed the deceased
Instead, the accused blamed the death of his girlfriend who, according to him, was under the influence of alcohol and wanted to attack it from the back with a sharp object.
Across the board, Milton Engelbrecht, he said that he remembered having blocked the attack, his girlfriend falling on the bed and screaming.
He also denied telling his parent that he had murdered her, but he attempted, through the medium of a text message, to warn him of his death.
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