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Bail hearing of lawyer suspected of rape continues
18 Feb 2016 at 10:05hrs | Views
The bail hearing of a lawyer who faces a rape charge will continue in the Katutura Magistrate's Court on February 22 when the defence and the State are expected to deliver final arguments.
The New Era reported that Jaco Kennedy, 29, who is married, faces a charge of rape, a second one. He allegedly raped a woman at the end of December last year in Windhoek.
New Era learned that he gave a woman a lift to work, but on the way he allegedly raped her, then proceeded to drive to work. While the victim was in the car of her alleged attacker she asked her colleagues to take down the number plate of the car. Kennedy allegedly managed to flee but was later arrested. Kennedy who is now a private lawyer is a former magistrate. He appeared in the Katutura Magistrate's Court in January last year on the first rape charge with his co-accused Ray Cloete, 29.
That matter is pending in court, and Kennedy was eventually granted bail. It is alleged that while he was out on bail last December the second rape took place.
He will return to the Katutura Magistrate's Court on March 24 to plead to the charges in the first matter.
The State represented by Granny Paulus objected to Kennedy being granted bail due to the seriousness of the offence and because the complainant filed a statement objecting to bail being granted. She claimed she was being pestered with anonymous phone calls and messages from a withheld number.
"I do not know these people who give me miscalls. They can do anything to me and I do not know who they are," the woman said last week. She said the first call was from an unknown number, the second was from someone who asked to speak to someone called Anna in connection with a job application and the third was from a person who introduced himself as Freddy. The bail hearing will resume in the Katutura Magistrate's Court on February 22.
The New Era reported that Jaco Kennedy, 29, who is married, faces a charge of rape, a second one. He allegedly raped a woman at the end of December last year in Windhoek.
New Era learned that he gave a woman a lift to work, but on the way he allegedly raped her, then proceeded to drive to work. While the victim was in the car of her alleged attacker she asked her colleagues to take down the number plate of the car. Kennedy allegedly managed to flee but was later arrested. Kennedy who is now a private lawyer is a former magistrate. He appeared in the Katutura Magistrate's Court in January last year on the first rape charge with his co-accused Ray Cloete, 29.
He will return to the Katutura Magistrate's Court on March 24 to plead to the charges in the first matter.
The State represented by Granny Paulus objected to Kennedy being granted bail due to the seriousness of the offence and because the complainant filed a statement objecting to bail being granted. She claimed she was being pestered with anonymous phone calls and messages from a withheld number.
"I do not know these people who give me miscalls. They can do anything to me and I do not know who they are," the woman said last week. She said the first call was from an unknown number, the second was from someone who asked to speak to someone called Anna in connection with a job application and the third was from a person who introduced himself as Freddy. The bail hearing will resume in the Katutura Magistrate's Court on February 22.
Source - The New Era
