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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6507 FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2015 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
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Drug convict Logan Pretorius sued by his former landlord
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Madelaine Laubscher Convicted Walvis Bay drug dealer Logan Pretorius has new trouble on his shoulders. After becoming a familiar face in the Walvis Bay magistrates court in recent months for a string of alleged crimes which includes assault and kidnapping and a recent drug conviction, the landlord of a house he rented in Meersig is now suing him for N$150 000 worth of damages he caused at the property. The house, situated in Meersig's Mandume ya Ndemufayo Street is where Pretorius, along with two accomplices earlier this year allegedly kidnapped three boys and subjected them for hours to torture for allegedly trying to steal a puppie from his yard. It was also from this house's yard Pretorius' one dog lunged an attack on a young boy which left him seriously injured. A few weeks ago Pretorius
and other accomplices were arrested after a drug bust at another house which ended in a swift conviction. The highly upset owner of the house invited namib times this week to see the damage that was caused to the property. The owner provided pictures of the house as it was before. See the pictures on page eight of today's edition. “He rented the house for ten months. At first I was unaware that it would be Pretorius
renting the house, as a relative of Pretorius signed the contract. If I knew he would be living there I would not have allowed it. In the ten months he lived there he caused me immense losses. The carpets were torn by his dogs, there are blood stains on my carpets, all the doors have dog bite marks and scratches on, the windows are broken, all the blinds are torn, all the toilets are broken, mirrors are broken and some even removed
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NUNW blasts illegal strike Logan Pretorius from the walls. Even my stove is broken. I had a garden outside but there is nothing left of it. A drain outside in the yard have been filled to the top with sand and dog faeces.
All this will cost me between N$100 000 – N$150 000 to fix before I can let anyone else rent it again. In the meantime I suffer potential income. My husband and I are pen-
sioners. We rely on the income so this is a great loss for us,” she fumed. “I will definitely sue. His relative said she cleaned the house and even said one could eat Continues on Page 2
No hampers for elderly at hamper handover Liesl Losper
Pensioners of Walvis Bay, Kuisebmond and Narraville were left disappointed on Wednesday when they came together at the venues as announced by the municipality to receive their Christmas parcels. The hampers never arrived resulting in the elderly having to wait a little bit longer now for their Christmas cheer. A resident from Kuisebmond said, " Some of us had to walk quite a distance to get to the hall to receive our “The municipality is sympathetic to the inconveniences endured by the gifts, but a spokesseniors for having travelled to the venue only to be told that the event has person for the municipality came to us been postponed” - statement
and said that the packets were not ready for distribution. We understand and will again come back on Monday ". In Narraville at the Catholic Hall, nearly
250 pensioners were also a bit disappointed, but eventually they have accepted the apology that was given to them on Continues on Page 2
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