Key ruling in peeping Tom case today

A FORMER gym boss on trial at Swakopmund for allegedly filming female clients in the changing rooms will know his fate today.

After a brief appearance in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Magistrate Vicky Nicolaidis resolved to hand down a ruling this morning on an application by Heinz Laube to be discharged, without first requiring him to present his defence to the court. Laube, former owner of the Genesis Gymnasium, was arrested in August 2005 on five counts of crimen injuria after it came to light that a video camera had been installed in the ceiling above the women’s changing room.A videotape of women and young girls, some of them in the nude, was discovered.During the trial, which started in August, testimony has been given by several underage girls who were among those shown on the video.Michael Oxorub, a regular client at the gym, Lonan Nangombe, who was employed there, and Mervin Dennis, a former member, testified for the State.They apparently discovered the video equipment in the ceiling.At the last hearing, however, they could not explain to Laube’s representative, Sacky Amoomo, why they had kept the video for seven months before handing it to the Police.Amoomo claimed yesterday that the Prosecutor, Heidi Jacobs, had brought no concrete evidence that Laube was the one who had taken the video footage.Jacobs closed the case for the prosecution yesterday.Amoomo immediately asked the Magistrate to find Laube not guilty.He argued that the State had failed to prove any of the chargesLaube, former owner of the Genesis Gymnasium, was arrested in August 2005 on five counts of crimen injuria after it came to light that a video camera had been installed in the ceiling above the women’s changing room.A videotape of women and young girls, some of them in the nude, was discovered.During the trial, which started in August, testimony has been given by several underage girls who were among those shown on the video.Michael Oxorub, a regular client at the gym, Lonan Nangombe, who was employed there, and Mervin Dennis, a former member, testified for the State.They apparently discovered the video equipment in the ceiling.At the last hearing, however, they could not explain to Laube’s representative, Sacky Amoomo, why they had kept the video for seven months before handing it to the Police.Amoomo claimed yesterday that the Prosecutor, Heidi Jacobs, had brought no concrete evidence that Laube was the one who had taken the video footage.Jacobs closed the case for the prosecution yesterday.Amoomo immediately asked the Magistrate to find Laube not guilty.He argued that the State had failed to prove any of the charges