THE editor of the free weekly newspaper Informante, Max Hamata, appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on Friday after being arrested for alleged drunken driving.
Hamata (35) made a first court appearance before Magistrate Claudia Claasen following his arrest in the early morning hours of Thursday. He was informed of his right to legal representation, and after he told the Magistrate that lawyer Hennie Barnard is his legal representative the case against him was postponed to August 17 for further investigations to be carried out.Hamata remains free on bail in the meantime.He appeared in court on a charge of driving with an excessive blood-alcohol level.Hamata was arrested after he had allegedly driven a BMW vehicle along Windhoek’s Bismarck Street at about 00h35 on Thursday.It is alleged that at the time his blood-alcohol level was above the legal limit of 0,08 grams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.The court has not yet been informed what Hamata’s actual blood-alcohol level was claimed to have been at the time.He was informed of his right to legal representation, and after he told the Magistrate that lawyer Hennie Barnard is his legal representative the case against him was postponed to August 17 for further investigations to be carried out.Hamata remains free on bail in the meantime.He appeared in court on a charge of driving with an excessive blood-alcohol level.Hamata was arrested after he had allegedly driven a BMW vehicle along Windhoek’s Bismarck Street at about 00h35 on Thursday.It is alleged that at the time his blood-alcohol level was above the legal limit of 0,08 grams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.The court has not yet been informed what Hamata’s actual blood-alcohol level was claimed to have been at the time.
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