Investigator denies fabricating evidence in Shiweda murder case

The lawyer representing murder accused Petrus Shikwaya yesterday accused the police investigator in the Justine Shiweda murder case of fabricating evidence during a bail hearing.

He further branded investigating officer detective chief inspector Antonius Gabriel as a “fiction storyteller” during a heated cross-examination in the Ondangwa Magistrate’s Court.

Shikwaya, who is alleged to have financed the attack on Ondangwa prosecutor Shiweda, is seeking bail.

During the proceedings, defence lawyer Murray Shikongo questioned Gabriel about charges brought against his client, arguing that Shikwaya had initially been charged in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court with conspiracy to commit attempted murder.

According to Shikongo, the charge was later amended to conspiracy to commit murder, before being withdrawn on 15 April this year, leaving Shikwaya facing only a corruption charge.