Guard accused of B1 murder disrupts court

A former security guard accused of robbing and murdering a colleague while transporting cash was ordered to be taken out of a courtroom in the Windhoek High Court yesterday after disrupting proceedings in his trial.

Judge Eileen Rakow directed police officers to remove Teodor Shipanga from the courtroom in which his trial was due to start after Shipanga repeatedly and loudly claimed he was not charged, that he did not have a case with the Namibian Police, and that his rights were being violated.

Shipanga (49) also protested loudly when the judge asked state advocate Anna Amukugo to put the charges he is facing so that he could give his pleas.

“I am not charged. No charges,” he said.

Shipanga also claimed: “The prosecutor general indicted me falsely.”