{"id":301309,"date":"2021-02-17T19:54:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T17:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=301309"},"modified":"2021-02-17T19:54:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T17:54:08","slug":"pathologist-testifies-in-nimt-murder-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=301309","title":{"rendered":"Pathologist testifies in NIMT murder trial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eba Kandovazu<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>THE pathologist that conducted the post mortem examinations on the victims of a brutal double murder at the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology in April 2019 explained the severity of the injuries while testifying in the Lichtenstrasser murder trial.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eckhart Mueller and Heimo Hellwig was two executives of the technical college was shot at close range in front of the administration building on the morning of 16 April 2019. <br \/>The accused in the matter, Ernest Lichtenstrasser at the start of the murder trial entered a plea of not guilty and denied any involvement in the shooting of the two men.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pathologist testifies in NIMT murder trial\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QaV3t0QGWaQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>MURDER TRIAL: Ernst Lichtenstrasser consulting with his lawyer in the Windhoek High Court during an adjournment in proceedings. &#8211; Video by Eba Kandovazu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Augustu Gawab during his testimony explained how the victims died and the extent of the gunshot wounds they sustained when they were hit by the assassin.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another witness, an employee at the NIMT campus, Gertrude Naobes took the stand to testify.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She was the second person to arrive on the murder scene minutes after the fatal shootings. 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