Former boxing world champion Harry Simon was found not guilty yesterday on charges of drunken driving and obstructing the course of justice that resulted from an incident that took place at Walvis Bay in 2006.
Simon is currently serving a two-year sentence in the Walvis Bay Prison after being found guilty of culpable homicide in July last year for his involvement in a deadly car crash in which three Belgian visitors to Namibia were killed at the coast in late 2002.
The latest incident took place in Walvis Bay's Kuisebmond area in November 2006. The Police said they noticed an oncoming vehicle driving erratically and tried to stop it, but in vain. They followed the vehicle for a while before pulling it over - the driver was Simon.He was escorted to the Walvis Bay Police station where the procedures were explained to him and he was told he would have to submit a sample of his blood to determine the concentration of alcohol in his system.
Simon allegedly refused. He was charged but released on N$500 bail. His case was forwarded to the Prosecutor General's office for a decision and was postponed on several occasions.
The verdict yesterday was that there was not enough evidence to find Simon guilty on the charges and so he was acquitted. Simon was defended by Garroy September of Walvis Bay.
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