Bail for Dorado Park murder suspects

AFTER spending the past weekend in Police custody, the three adult suspects held for murder of a Windhoek resident yesterday joined their four juvenile co-defendants in being provisionally released.

Morne Buys (18), Anthony Du Plessis (19) and Quinton Martin Collin (20) were arrested and charged with murder on Friday afternoon. They are part of a seven-man group accused of killing 31-year old Shipandeni Kanyemba in Windhoek last Monday night.Kanyemba was apparently hacked to death with a panga.The other four suspects are minors, and can’t be named.When they made their first appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on Friday, the four minors were released into the custody of their parents and guardians, all of whom were present in court yesterday.It was wrongly reported yesterday that they had been out on bail.The other three suspects were each granted bail of N$1 000 yesterday.The case has been remanded until Friday to allow a social worker to screen the juvenile suspects.The seven apparently attacked Kanyemba in the Dorado Park suburb, as he was walking along Victoria Street with his brother.His brother managed to ?ee the attackers.All seven suspects were arrested on Friday.They are part of a seven-man group accused of killing 31-year old Shipandeni Kanyemba in Windhoek last Monday night.Kanyemba was apparently hacked to death with a panga.The other four suspects are minors, and can’t be named.When they made their first appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on Friday, the four minors were released into the custody of their parents and guardians, all of whom were present in court yesterday.It was wrongly reported yesterday that they had been out on bail.The other three suspects were each granted bail of N$1 000 yesterday.The case has been remanded until Friday to allow a social worker to screen the juvenile suspects.The seven apparently attacked Kanyemba in the Dorado Park suburb, as he was walking along Victoria Street with his brother.His brother managed to ?ee the attackers.All seven suspects were arrested on Friday.