Bail denied for murder accused Robin Montgomery

Murder accused, Robin Montgomery (57) was denied bail in hisfirstcourtappearanceattheWalvisBayMagistratesCourt onTuesdaythisweek.

Montgomery stands accused of the murder of Hester Maria van Zyl and attemptedmurderofhissister-in-law MontgomeryappearedbeforeMagistrateJohnSindanoandwasdeniedbail.Thecasewaspostponedto13April forfurtherinvestigation.

ThisafteranargumentthatensuedbetweenMontgomeryandhisbrother's wifethatallegedlysparkedtheattackonSundaylateafternoon.According to the Unit Commander of Community Affairs of the Erongo police, Inspector Ileni Shapumba, Montgomery left after his sister-in-law chased him away, only to return with a knife. Inspector Shapumba said, “The suspect allegedly left and came back with a sharp object (knife) hidden underhisclothes.”Apolicereportrevealsthesuspectstabbedhissister-inlaw on her right arm and then proceeded with stabbing the next victim, HesterMariavanZylinthechestandhandwhensheattemptedtopushhim out of the room. “The victims managed to lock the door, but the Montgomerybrokeitopenandcontinuedstabbingthetwowomenmultiple times,” Inspector Shapumba said. Van Zyl succumbed at the scene to the multipleseriousinjuriesshesustained.

Fresh welcome to Swakopmund soon

A new welcoming sign has been designed and accepted for Swakopmund's three main entrances. It is attractive and eyecatching.

Inhonor ofSwakopmund's130thanniversary, inAugust of last year, with the aim of making the celebrations distinct and memorable from previous yearly celebrations, the public was invited to submit design ideas to be used as the framework for the new “welcome sign” to be constructed at the entrances of SwakopmundontheB2andC124roads. Council approved ten proposals and nineteendesignswhichweresubmittedasproposeddesignsformthepublic.

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