Windhoek
Two men accused of raping and killing an 18-year-old girl in Windhoek during the Easter Weekend in 2013 were informed on Thursday that their trial is set down for January 30 to March 10 next year.
Fransicus Dimitri Narimab, 32, and Ruben Fritz, 24, face one count of murder, two counts of rape, one count of robbery with aggravating circumstances and one count of defeating or obstructing the course of justice.
It is alleged that they took turns to rape Alwina Uri-Khos during the period March 28 to 29 in 2013, while the other held her down after taking her to a bushy area between Shandumbula and the Western Bypass tar road in Windhoek.
It is further alleged that both accused killed the deceased by hitting her with stones on her head, and that she died at the scene of severe head injuries due to blunt force impact trauma.
The accused then allegedly robbed Uri-Khos of her cellphone, SIM card, one pair of shoes and trousers.
It is further alleged that they destroyed the SIM card, sold the cellular phone and instructed the mother of Fritz to give false information to the police.
It is further alleged they disposed of the shoes and trousers of the deceased in a way unknown to the police.
According to the indictment the deceased was in the company of the accused and they were socialising at various shebeens in the Shandumbula area. During the early hours of March 29 they took the deceased to the area she was found.
Both Narimab and Fritz indicated they would plead not guilty to the charges when they tendered a plea in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court on a Section 119 Plea, which is for the prosecutor general to decide on what charges and in which court they will be tried.
Narimab is represented by Christian Nambahu and Fritz by Braam Cupido from Boris Isaacks Inc. Law Firm, both on the ticket of the Department of Legal Aid.