Namibia releases photojournalist shadowing Jolie

Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, the couple's first child together was born on May 28.

A Namibian judge dismissed charges against a South African photographer arrested for trespassing, while trying to snap a shot of Angelina Jolie, the pregnant superstar and Brad Pitt, her partner. John Liebenberg was taken into custody on Friday afternoon after driving into the back of a police barracks in search of a vantage point to take a photograph of a nearby private hospital in the port town of Walvis Bay.

The 48-year-old veteran photojournalist was reacting to a tip-off that Jolie had been rushed there to have her baby. He was released on a warning after being detained for three days in a communal cell.

The prosecution had asked for a fine of 1 000 Namibian dollars ($152) or a year in prison. Liebenberg's lawyer had suggested a fine. Liebenberg, well known to the couple's bodyguards and security personnel, said police may have wanted to use him as an example to warn other photographers and media.

Media frenzy around "Brangelina"
Pitt and Jolie - dubbed "Brangelina" by the tabloid press - have sparked media frenzy since arriving in the southern African country over six weeks ago to have their first child, far from the prying lenses of Hollywood. Their bodyguards and Namibian security have shielded the couple from journalists and hounded some out of town.

Green cloth screens mask the beach resort where they are staying, while pepper-spraying bodyguards and undercover police have made it almost impossible to get close. Jolie's due date had been reported to be May 18. - Reuters