{"id":357615,"date":"2024-05-02T11:30:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T09:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=357615"},"modified":"2024-05-02T11:30:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T09:30:35","slug":"maasdorp-murder-case-postponed-to-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=357615","title":{"rendered":"Maasdorp murder case postponed to\u00a0August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zorena Jantze<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MURDER and theft accused&nbsp;suspect,&nbsp;Wentzel&nbsp;Maasdorp,&nbsp;appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate Court today, and the matter was postponed to 21 August&nbsp;2024,&nbsp;for police investigations to&nbsp;be finalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect made his first appearance before Magistrate Olga Mutafela Likando after being apprehended by police on Tuesday for the murder of Angelique Delia Maasdorp (40), whose body was discovered over the past weekend on Sunday, tied up in a blanket. It&nbsp;is further alleged&nbsp;that the suspect had been in a romantic relationship with the deceased.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/State-opposes-bail-in-Maasdorp-murder-case.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-357617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/State-opposes-bail-in-Maasdorp-murder-case.jpeg 1008w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/State-opposes-bail-in-Maasdorp-murder-case-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/State-opposes-bail-in-Maasdorp-murder-case-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/State-opposes-bail-in-Maasdorp-murder-case-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/State-opposes-bail-in-Maasdorp-murder-case-253x190.jpeg 253w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/State-opposes-bail-in-Maasdorp-murder-case-140x105.jpeg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect is charged with one count of murder read with the provisions of the Domestic Violence Act, as well as one count of theft of a motor vehicle after he allegedly ditched the victim&#8217;s&nbsp;vehicle&nbsp;in Rundu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State&nbsp;Prosecutor,&nbsp;Bernardine&nbsp;Bertolini,&nbsp;opposed the granting of bail to the suspect due to the&nbsp;serious&nbsp;nature of the case, fear that the suspect might abscond, the strength of the state&#8217;s case against the accused, the fact that the investigations are still at an early stage, and that it would not be in the interest of the public nor the administration of justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect&nbsp;was represented&nbsp;by&nbsp;defense&nbsp;attorney Milton Engelbrecht pro bono, who asked the court to assist the accused with the relevant documents to apply for legal aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect&nbsp;was remanded&nbsp;in custody pending a formal&nbsp;application for bail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zorena Jantze MURDER and theft accused&nbsp;suspect,&nbsp;Wentzel&nbsp;Maasdorp,&nbsp;appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate Court today, and the matter was postponed to 21 August&nbsp;2024,&nbsp;for police investigations to&nbsp;be finalized. 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