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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6801 TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2018 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Fugitive Ivan Pitt found dead Hangs himself at the same house Thugs arrested where he murdered his girlfriend minutes after robbing a tourist Lindie Prinsloo on Friday........ Floris Steenkamp Slain Swakopmund resident Lindie Prinsloo's killer, her boyfriend Ivan Pitt, was found dead in the couple's home yesterday after being on the run from the Police since Friday. Pitt is believed to have ended his own life by hanging himself in the garage of the home at number 15, Harder Street, Vineta. With both Prinsloo (39) and Pitt (29) dead, the only hopes for the loved ones of the couple is a suicide note. At the time of going to press it was not yet certain whether Pitt left a suicide note. The grim puzzle remains incomplete. What happened on Friday behind the closed doors of house number 15, Harder Street, Vineta? Prinsloo was found dead in a pool of blood on the bathroom floor. She had a gaping cut wound to her throat. Pitt allegedly left the house which he and Prinsloo shared on Friday afternoon in a white Rio Kia (N 1556 S). The vehicle belongs to Prinsloo. What is certain is that Prinsloo was the clutches of an abusive relationship with Pitt in the final months of her life. She made several posts on social media in recent months which in the aftermath of the tragedy which might cast some Lindie Prinsloo (39) who was murdered on Friday. Prinsloo’s boyfriend, who is the suspect, was found light into her life in one house with Pitt. “Everyone wants a strong woman until she ac- dead at the couple’s home yesterday. tually stands up, flexes her muscles, projects lookout for him. her voice. Suddenly, she is too much. She has As the weekend progressed, Namibians vent their forgotten her place. You love those women as anger and frustration over this latest gender-based ideas. Fantasies. Not as breathing, living hu- killing. People in their thousands took it to social mans threatening to be even better than you media – urging Namibian men to change their could ever be”, reads one of her posts on her abusive behaviour towards women. Also, for the Facebook profile. In fact, there are several posts judicial system to deal more decisively with genstriking a similar tone. der-based offenders and those targeting vulThe tragedy started to unfold on Friday after- nerable people in our society. noon when Prinsloo's body was discovered on As news sites reported throughout the weekend Friday afternoon by her young daughter. that there was no success in apprehending Pitt, Within hours after the discovery the Namibian frustrations and anger only mounted. Police had Pitt identified as a person of interest However, on Monday the curtain dropped on the in the murder investigation. tragedy when an estate agent discovered Pitt's By Friday night a manhunt was launched for body in the garage of the murder house. Pitt ended Pitt by the Police, neighbourhood watch groups his life by hanging. It is suspected Pitt drove back and security companies. Pitt is reported to have to the house some time on Saturday. He pulled the relatives at Henties Bay and at Omaruru and vehicle back into the garage from where he left on law enforcement agencies there are also on the Friday and then ended his life.
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Floris Steenkamp Walvis Bay: Two men who overpowered and robbed a European tourist at a public toilet at the Walvis Bay lagoon yesterday were arrested minutes after the crime was committed. Their two co-accomplices are still on the run, but their identities are known and the police believe their arrest is imminent. A tourist couple wanted to make use of a public toilet near the lagoon yesterday. The husband entered the public toilet and four men followed him in where they overpowered and robbed him. They ran to a silver Toyota Yaris and sped off. People who saw what happened notified the Police. The Police broadcasted the information to the different law enforcement radio profiles and soon the traffic department picked it up. As traffic officer Divai was listening to the radio the Yaris passed him from the front in Union Continues on page 2
Fuel goes up Floris Steenkamp Motorists at the coast must brace for yet another fuel price increase. At midnight tonight, the price of petrol increases by 50 cents per litre and the price of diesel increases by 70 cents per litre. The Ministry of Mines and Energy confirmed this in a press statement yesterday, citing a shortage of oil in the global market, in the wake of sanctions against Iran by the United States, as the main culprit. The demand for oil is currently high and subsequently market prices are high. Another factor is the weakening Rand against the main trade currency, the US Dollar, reads the statement. It currently costs oil companies more to import a litre of fuel than the price at which it is sold to Continues on page 2
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