By Staff Reporter WINDHOEK Police have confirmed that the State has charged Siegfried “Dodie” Lewin with the murder and robbery of a former employee of the now defunct Development Fund of Namibia, the late Ellis Tjipueja. The State brought charges of robbery and murder against Lewin in the Rehoboth magistrate’s court last Thursday, with the case remanded to September 18 this year. According to sources at Rehoboth, police found Lewin hiding under a bed at a house in the town. This comes in the wake of reports possibly establishing a link between the murder of Tjipueja and the murder of a farm worker at the Farm Linshof in the Schlip area. Sources in the area report seeing Tjipueja’s Izuzu pickup truck on Linshof on June 16, only two days after the discovery of the corpse of the murdered farm worker. The criminal gang believed responsible might have murdered the farm worker found buried under goat manure at Linshof farm, because he happened to be present when they were busy trying to steal small stock. The charges of robbery brought against Lewin may confirm speculation that the same gang murdered Tjipueja as part of a robbery in which they took a substantial amount of cash. Eyewitnesses at Rietoog report seeing a gang of four or five men loitering with Tjipueja’s pickup under a bridge near the settlement at various times. They also became suspicious because the vehicle was mainly only seen driving around at night, under the cover of darkness. At least one of the gang members is reported to have been shopping around for an unlicensed firearm about a month before the killing. Furthermore, locals report knowing that one suspected member of the criminal gang lives on a farm in the Rehoboth district. To add mystery to the whole affair, information has emerged that both the late Tjipueja and his wife, in fact, knew Lewin well as they had employed him for odd jobs in the past. This is perhaps why Tjipueja’s wife’s suspicions were not raised when Lewin returned her husband’s vehicle to her, slightly dented and battered by this time.