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Author: Roland Routh

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    Garage scores partial victory over dissatisfied client

    Garage scores partial victory over dissatisfied client

    2018-08-08  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - The Windhoek High Court has indemnified a garage accused of failing to carry out the instructions of a client and in addition granted it an amount of N$30,000 for partial repairs undertaken on a vehicle of an Angolan after the latter cancelled the work contract.
    Murder accused says fatal shooting was accidental

    Murder accused says fatal shooting was accidental

    2018-08-09  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - A former senior police officer of the Namibian Police Force, accused of shooting to death a teenager, yesterday claimed the fatal shot he fired happened during a struggle for the gun. He said this when he testified in his own defence in the Windhoek High Court at the Windhoek Prison Facility before Judge Dinah Usiku.
    Wife testifies in husband’s murder trial

    Wife testifies in husband’s murder trial

    2018-08-09  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - The wife of a man accused of beating a woman to death in Windhoek’s Otjomuise location testified in her husband’s defence yesterday in the Windhoek High Court before Judge Alfred Siboleka. Margaret Gawaxab confirmed what Elwen Gawaxab has been saying through his privately funded lawyer, Mbanga Siyomunji, that he had on his work clothes, a green trouser and shirt when he left their house
    Court returns lodge to its rightful owners

    Court returns lodge to its rightful owners

    2018-08-09  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - The Windhoek High Court returned the occupancy rights of the Purros Community Campsite and Bush Lodge to the Purros Conservancy Committee after the latter successfully lodged an urgent application to restore their undisturbed and peaceful possession of the premises situated at Purros village.
    Frenzied knife murder trial postponed to April

    Frenzied knife murder trial postponed to April

    2018-08-10  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - The trial of Rodney Ricardo Rooi accused of murdering his 19-year-old girlfriend and mother of his child, Brigitta Smith, by stabbing her seven times in the chest for refusing to spend the night with him was postponed to April next year by the Windhoek High Court.
    DNA of deceased covered murder weapon - expert

    DNA of deceased covered murder weapon - expert

    2018-08-10  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - DNA expert, Maryn Swart, yesterday revealed to Judge Naomi Shivute in the Windhoek Court the DNA she found on the knife that ended the life of Getrud Vaanda Tjihuiko was predominantly hers with the accused in the matter, Elvis Mieze, 44 contributing only a minimal portion.
    Court reinstitutes bail of stock theft suspects

    Court reinstitutes bail of stock theft suspects

    2018-08-10  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - Two judges of the Windhoek High Court reinstituted bail of three suspected stock thieves after a magistrate at the small town of Karibib cancelled it after she recused herself from the case because she received a personal letter from one of the defence lawyers.
    Jail terms and fines for Oranjemund pyramid schemers

    Jail terms and fines for Oranjemund pyramid schemers

    2018-08-17  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK – Tears of joy and sorrows, along with hugs and kisses, were the order of the day when three people convicted of 513 counts of fraud, contravening the Banking Institutions Act and Contravening the Companies Act were sentenced to different terms of imprisonment and fines yesterday by Windhoek High Court Judge Alfred Siboleka.
    Filicide mother gets 25 years

    Filicide mother gets 25 years

    2018-08-20  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - Scenes of emotional outbursts – some supportive, but mostly incredulous – greeted the sentencing in the Windhoek High Court on Friday of the woman who killed her almost three-year-old daughter.
    New Magistrates Commission inaugurated

    New Magistrates Commission inaugurated

    2018-08-21  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - Minister of Justice Sakeus Shangala on Friday last week announced the new members of the Magistrates Commission that will serve for the next two years at the Office of the Judiciary in Windhoek. The newly appointed members of the commission are High Court Judge Nate Ndauendapo who was re-elected to serve another term as chairman, Acting High Court Judge Johanna Salionga, Magistrate Rina
    Nanub unrepentant despite murder conviction

    Nanub unrepentant despite murder conviction

    2018-08-21  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - A resident of the Havana settlement of Windhoek who was convicted of murder with direct intent and robbery with aggravating circumstances for slitting the throat of his former girlfriend and mother of his daughter, before he robbed her and her new boyfriend of a gas stove, still maintains he did not commit the dastardly deed.
    Rittmann gets new veteran lawyer

    Rittmann gets new veteran lawyer

    2018-08-22  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - Legal old-hand Johan van Vuuren was yesterday appointed as the new State funded legal representative for Rachel Rittmann, 47, the Gobabis woman accused of plotting along with her boyfriend to kill her husband in August 2013.
    Appeal of father who raped daughter dismissed

    Appeal of father who raped daughter dismissed

    2018-08-23  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - An application for leave to appeal a rape conviction and 18-year jail term by a father convicted in April, 2010 of raping his then 17-year-old daughter was dismissed on Tuesday by Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute for failing to provide a reasonable explanation for the late filing of his notice to appeal. 
    February application for discharge dismissed

    February application for discharge dismissed

    2018-08-24  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute on Tuesday dismissed an application by South African national Wilhelm (Wimpie) Derick February, 39, that murder and rape charges against him be dismissed for lack of evidence.
    Tses rapist and killer swears at interpreter

    Tses rapist and killer swears at interpreter

    2018-08-29  Roland Routh
    A resident of Tses in the Keetmanshoop District convicted on one count of murder, one count of rape, one count of defeating
    Schlettwein fights insurance giants over N$1 billion

    Schlettwein fights insurance giants over N$1 billion

    2018-08-30  Roland Routh
    The battle for revenues worth over N$1 billion a year commenced yesterday in the High Court, where Treasury and state-owned reinsurance company NamibRe
    Judgment expected in NamibRe re-insurance

    Judgment expected in NamibRe re-insurance

    2018-09-04  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - Windhoek High Court Judge Thomas Masuku says he will deliver his judgment in the urgent application Finance Minister, Calle Schlettwein and the Namibia National Reinsurance Corporation (NamibRe) launched to compel eight insurance companies to re-insure with NamibRe according to the NamibRe Act 22 of 1998 on September 20 after listening to two days of arguments.
    Supreme Court denies petition for appeal

    Supreme Court denies petition for appeal

    2018-09-04  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - Chief Justice, Peter Shivute has denied a petition from eight persons still facing charges of high treason, murder, attempted murder, sedition, public violence, and illegal importation of weapons and ammunition directed at him to appeal a decision by Acting High Court Judge Petrus Unengu on the jurisdiction of the Namibian High Court to try them.
    Manale pleads guilty to N$5 million bank fraud

    Manale pleads guilty to N$5 million bank fraud

    2018-09-05  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - Charles Winston Manale, 35, yesterday afternoon pleaded guilty to 147 counts of fraud before Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku at the Windhoek Correctional Facility High Court, but pleaded not guilty to a charge of money laundering.
    State requests 45 years for rape alone

    State requests 45 years for rape alone

    2018-09-05  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK – State Advocate Ethel Ndlovu yesterday morning asked Windhoek High Court Judge Nate Ndauendapo to remove Jesaja Boois from society for a very long time as he is clearly a danger who cannot be let loose on innocent members of society.