Zorena Jantze THE bail hearing of Wentzel Maasdorp, who stands accused of murdering his domestic partner, Delia Weimers-Maasdorp, was a sombre environment, with the deceased woman seeming to speak from the grave, as the State presented texts from her journal showcasing how she struggled to end her relationship with Wentzel Maasdorp, who she claimed in her diary stole her bank cards as well as money from her purse to buy drugs. State Prosecutor Eric Naikaku also presented evidence of WhatsApp messages, provided by the State’s first witness, Raymond Lorenzo Maasdorp, the ex-husband of the deceased Weimers-Maasdorp, who is also a relative of Wentzel Maasdorp. Raymond added that he separated from the deceased in 2022, due her addiction issues and that the deceased started dating his relative Wentzel in August 2023
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Zorena Jantze HIGH Court Judge, Shafimana Ueitele, on Tuesday, 5 November, gave a forfeiture order for a total amount of N$6.5 million in the account of Fishrot accused lawyer Maren De Klerk and his law firm De Klerk, Horn and Coetzee (DHC) Legal Practitioners to the State. De Klerk, who fled to South Africa in early 2020 after the Fishrot scandal exploded, is implicated alongside ex-cabinet ministers such as the former Minister of Fisheries, Bernard Esau, former Minister of Justice, Sacky Shanghala, and businessmen James Hatuikulipi, Pius Mwatelulo, Tamson Hatuikulipi, Mike Nghipunya, Otneel Shuudifonya, Phillipus Mwapopi, and Nigel van Wyk, who are accused of corruptly receiving payments of at least N$300 million to give a competitive advantage to Icelandic fishing company Samherji in securing access to horse mackerel quotas in