Yemeni in execution-style killing applies for bail A Yemeni man arrested by the police in connection with the execution-style killing of a Malian man in July wants to be released on bail.A passer-by at a dumpsite discovered 35-year-old Gamby Maya''s body on the night of 31 July 2016 after his killing in the Kleine Kuppe residential area. The key suspect, Murad Esmail Ali Al-Hersh, brought an urgent formal bail application in the Windhoek Magistrate''s Court.
Al-Hersh brought the formal bail application through his privately instructed defence lawyer Milton Engelbrecht before Windhoek Magistrate Alweendo Venatius on Tuesday morning.
In his bid, Al-Hersh informed the court that although he is a foreign national living in Namibia for some years now, he has no intention to abscond from the country to evade prosecution.
He informed the court that once the court granted him bail, he will stay in the country until the finalisation of his alleged murder case.
However, the prosecution led by Public Prosecutor Ivann Tjivu strongly opposed the granting of the bail to the Yemeni, arguing that Al-Hersh will abscond from Namibia to other countries before the trial of his case begins.
Reports by the New Era newspaper have it that the 39-year-old Al-Hersh was arrested by members of Nampol''s Serious Crime Investigations Unit in Ongwediva on 02 August 2016 in connection with the deadly hit.
At the time of his arrest, Al-Hersh who lived in South Africa before settling in Namibia, was allegedly found in possession of more than N$70 000.
It is alleged that Maya was killed after he failed to account for US$150 000 (slightly over N$2 million) following the conversion of at least US$500 000 into Namibian dollars (approximately N$6.8 million).
According to police, Maya was shot once between his eyes while sitting in his green Hyundai Elantra 2014 model, which was later found abandoned in the Olympia residential area.
Bail hearing continues today.
NAMPA