Namibia: Fishrot Accused Asks for Trial to Proceed

The Fishrot fraud, corruption and racketeering trial should proceed while attempts to appeal against rulings given in the case continue, one of the lawyers involved in the matter argued in the High Court at Windhoek Correctional Facility yesterday.

“Criminal trials must proceed to finality,” defence lawyer Ileni Gebhardt, who is representing the first accused in the Fishrot case, Ricardo Gustavo, said while addressing acting judge Marilize du Plessis in support of a request by Gustavo for his…