Namibia: Esau Appeals Against Bail Refusal

Former fisheries minister Bernhard Esau and his son-in-law Tamson Hatuikulipi are appealing against the ruling in which a magistrate refused to grant them bail nearly three weeks ago.

A notice stating that Esau and Hatuikulipi are appealing against magistrate Duard Kesslau's decision to turn down their application for bail and setting out the grounds for their appeal was filed at the Windhoek High Court on Friday, the leader of their team of defence lawyers, Richard Metcalfe, informed The Namibian over the weekend.

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