Windhoek — A new lawyer was appointed for a former cleaner and acting hostel father at Karundu Primary School in Otjiwarongo charged with sodomy after Milton Engelbrecht withdrew as counsel of record.
Tjingairi Kaurivi was instructed by legal aid to take over the defence of Merven Nguyapeua, 49, after Engelbrecht requested Judge Alfred Siboleka to allow him to withdraw from the trial for a lack of trust between him and his client. Engelbrecht told the judge that Nguyapeua has started to question his advice which led to a breakdown in the working relationship between them. He further said that as Nguyapeua feels that he is not representing him to the best of his abilities, he feels they have reached an impasse which cannot be allowed to continue.
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