Investigator describes fatal attack on late prosecutor

Detective chief inspector Antonius Gabriel has detailed an account of the scene where the late prosecutor Justine Shiweda was attacked.

Gabriel told the court on Thursday that Shiweda’s clothes burnt on her body shortly after a corrosive substance was allegedly thrown on her during the assault.

Gabriel, who was among the first police officers to arrive at the scene, testified during the bail hearing of accused person Petrus Shikwaya, who the state alleges financed the purchase of the acid used in the attack.

Gabriel told the court he received news of the shooting while at his office at Oshakati before travelling to Onguta at Ondangwa, where Shiweda’s home is located.