WINDHOEK – Jonas Angula, 35, the man who allegedly savagely battered a suspected gay man to death in Gobabis last month remains in custody.
His matter will continue on December 5 this year, Angula was informed when he returned to the Gobabis Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Angula, who was arrested for the alleged murder last month of a man he accused of being gay, has been in custody after he was denied bail in the Gobabis Magistrate’s Court during his first court appearance last month.
Omaheke Regional Crime Co-ordinator, Deputy Commissioner Chris Kalimbula, informed New Era last month that Angula and his girlfriend lived together in the same house he found Johannes Goagoseb, 35, sitting outside the house.
Angula allegedly started beating Goagoseb with his fists and then took a knife and chased after his girlfriend, who sought refuge at her sister’s house.
When Angula came back, he allegedly found Goagoseb and started beating him with a ‘waterpas’ – a spirit level – a measuring instrument used on building sites, on the head until the victim lost consciousness and was taken to hospital where he died.
Sergeant Slogan Matheus, from the police’s public relations department, informed the media at the time that Angula found his girlfriend with the deceased at a house in Damara Block, Freedom Square in Epako township one Saturday night after earlier attending a memorial service.
The suspect allegedly asked his girlfriend what she was doing with a ‘moffie’, after which he allegedly beat her with clenched fists before he took a knife and chased after her up to her sister’s house.
The suspect then started beating the victim with a spirit level after which the victim collapsed.
The victim was taken to the Gobabis State Hospital for medical attention, but died from his injuries.