N$40 million fraud accused denied bail appeal

A bail appeal of a woman facing charges of fraud and money laundering involving a total amount of N$40 million has been dismissed in the Windhoek High Court.

In a judgement delivered yesterday, acting judge Marilize du Plessis said a magistrate who turned down a bail application by Windhoek resident Marlien Conradie (37) in January this year properly evaluated the evidence before her and was not wrong in coming to a conclusion that it would not be in the public interest or in the interest of the administration of justice to grant bail to Conradie.

Du Plessis remarked that the amount of N$40 million involved in the case in which Conradie is charged “is staggering”.