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A DISEASE then an absence on the part of a defense attorney prevented the trial of two extra-marital lovers accused of perpetrating a plot of murder in Gobabis there are near five years, as planned this week.
Having failed to start this week, the trial of lovers Rhyno du Preez (34) and Rachel Rittmann (47) was again postponed Friday to the High Court of Windhoek. The case was postponed until August 20, when a new attempt to open the trial should take place
Rittmann and Du Preez are accused of the murder of her husband, Rudolph Henry Rittmann (34) , who was killed in Gobabis. August 23, 2013, before his body was set on fire in his car near the road between Gobabis and Windhoek.
They must be tried for murder, conspiracy to commit murder, theft with aggravating circumstances and
Their trial was to begin Monday (July 9), but did not take place after Judge Christie Liebenberg was informed that Hipura Ujaha's defense lawyer, who represents Rittmann, on Thursday, Ujaha told the judge that he had another appointment to see a doctor, and requested that the The case was postponed until August 20, but Judge Liebenberg postponed the case only once. day, sayi There was no reason that the trial could not begin at that time.
However, on Friday morning, Ujaha was not present at the trial and, in his absence, the case was postponed until August 20th.
Judge Liebenberg ordered that Ujaha should provide him with an explanation in an affidavit about his failure to appear in court as required
Du Preez and Rittmann are on remand. They were arrested in Windhoek in early September 2013.
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