Staff Reporter
HIGH Court Judge Christie Liebenberg has this morning postponed the murder case of Shannon Wasserfall to August 24 2022 for the allocation of trial dates, after the defense lawyers representing the accused persons indicated that they are ready for trial.
The Wasserfal murder case was transferred to the High Court earlier this year for pre-trial hearing, after they made numerous appearances in the Walvis Bay magistrates court.
Wasserfall, who was 20 at the time, went missing at the beginning of April in 2020 in Walvis Bay and her remains were only discovered buried on a shallow grave in the dunes six months later, after a text message sent to Wasserfall’s father guided the police investigators to the victim’s shallow grave.
Police investigations on the matter traced the text message back to Madisia, who was also the one who reported that Wasserfall went missing, and at the same allegedly took part in some of the searches conducted to find her.
Madisia was arrested in November 2020.
A few months later, Azaan’s half-brother, Junior Malundu, was also locked up in connection with the murder of Wasserfall, for allegedly having assisted his sister in disposing of Wasserfall’s body. The siblings are currently remanded in custody in Windhoek.
Although the siblings pleaded not guilty last year in the Walvis Bay magistrates court, the murder accused persons are facing charges of murder, fraud, alternative theft, as well as defeating the course of justice.
It is also established that robbery charges were added because Wasserfall’s cellular phone has to date not been recovered.
The duo will be expected to face their trail in the coming months.
