{"id":292340,"date":"2020-06-10T14:08:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T12:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292340"},"modified":"2020-06-10T14:08:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T12:08:58","slug":"murder-accused-soldier-pleads-not-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292340","title":{"rendered":"Murder accused soldier pleads not guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eba Kandovazu<\/p>\n<p>THE trial of a former soldier, Johaness Neuaka, 41, who stands accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend before fleeing the scene and handing himself over police ago kicked off in the high Court this morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Neuaka&#8217;s trial started off with him pleading not guilty on the charges he faces without disclosing his reasons. He has since challenged the state to prove the allegations against him, while exercising his rights to remain silent.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also face charges of possessing an unlicensed gun and discharging it in a public space, of which he also pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Murder-accused-soldier-pleads-not-guilty.png\" alt=\"trial former soldier Johaness Neuaka shooting girlfriend scene\" class=\"wp-image-292338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Murder-accused-soldier-pleads-not-guilty.png 266w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Murder-accused-soldier-pleads-not-guilty.png 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><figcaption>MURDER TRIAL: Johaness Neuaka. Photo: Contributed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The deceased, Shane Rittman, 25, is said to have ended their five year relationship. The two have a minor child together.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is reported that Neuaka on the fateful day two years ago dropped off their son at Rittman\u2019s mother\u2019s house and then walked to the shack she lives in at the back of the main house where he allegedly fired a single shot to Rittmann\u2019s head, killing her instantly.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses will be called to testify before Judge Naomi Shivute. Mbanga Siyomundji represents Neuaka.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":292339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-292340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Murder accused soldier pleads not guilty - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE trial of a former soldier, Johaness Neuaka, 41, who stands accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend before fleeing the scene and handing himself...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292340\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Murder accused soldier pleads not guilty - 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