Staff Reporter
A 40-YEAR-OLD woman who made her first appearance in the Rehoboth Magistrates’ Court was kept in custody after the investigating officer in the matter objected to bail.
She is charged with malicious damage to property after allegedly breaking into well-known Rehoboth medical practitioner Dr Michael Tune’s Block B residence between 12 and 13 September 2026, after attending a gala dinner at the Lions Club.
After making her first appearance, the woman was kept in custody, as the investigating officer in the matter objected to bail. The reasons provided for the objection to bail are that the investigations are still not finalised and that the woman allegedly also has another case of theft opened against her after allegedly taking furniture worth over N$200,000 from the residence of Dr Tune after their break-up.
In his affidavit, Dr Tune said that he broke up with the woman on Sunday, 6 September, and thereafter obtained an interim protection order against her after she had allegedly threatened him that she would stab him to death.
He added that thereafter, a notice of eviction was served upon her on 19 September 2026 and that after she left his Block D residence in Rehoboth, he discovered that most of his furniture had been taken without his consent.
The woman, who is now currently in custody due to the malicious damage to property, also opened a case of rape against Tune, whom she accused of raping her on Friday, 4 September 2026, at about 21:30 in Block D, Rehoboth. She alleged that she was in her room when Dr Tune allegedly arrived and told her that he wanted to have anal sex with her. Police allege that after she refused, Dr Tune played loud music on a boom box before allegedly forcing her onto the bed and sexually assaulting her.
After a bitter end to their relationship of 18 months, both Dr Tune and his estranged ex-lover now find themselves behind bars, one for rape and the other for the damage to property matter.
The State in the rape case is objecting to bail due to fears that Dr Tune may interfere with State witnesses, that he would abscond if released on bail, and that it would not be in the interest of the administration of justice or the public to release him on bail.
His lawyers, Willie Christian and Sisa Namandje, however, maintain that Dr Tune has a fixed life in Namibia, with his business investments in the country estimated to be valued at N$460 million. Furthermore, the doctor has four residential properties, two in Rehoboth, one in Omeya and another in Swakopmund.
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