Advocate Maria Shilongo yesterday closed the State’s case against a Keetmanshoop resident who killed his girlfriend and severely injured his then one-year-old daughter because he allegedly saw a gay ghost making sexual advances towards him. His Legal Aid lawyer, Meriam Kandoni, then informed Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku that she needed a remand until...
After Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Collins Parker found in favour of a German couple who challenged their refusal to be granted permanent residence in Namibia, authorities sought to appeal the decision in the Supreme Court. The authorities in question are Chairperson of the Immigration Selection Board, and the Chief of Immigration. Judge Parker ordered...
Magistrate Olga Muharukua yesterday granted bail to the three police officers implicated in a corruption case involving bribes amounting to at least N$ 25 000. Deputy Commissioner Rector Sandema (51), Detective Senior Inspector Martin Basson (56), and Detective Senior Inspector Johannes Anghuwo (49) first appeared before the court on 28 February 2025, when their bail...
In a concurring decision, the Namibia Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an application by the man dubbed the ‘Swakopmund Butcher’ to be released on parole after spending the last 25 years in jail. Thomas Adolf Florin (59) was sentenced to life imprisonment on 22 December 1999 after he was convicted of brutally murdering his wife in...
High Court judge David Munsu earlier last week dismissed an application by one of the alleged key figures in the Fishrot fishing quotas’ fraud and corruption case, Tamson ‘Fitty’ Hatuikulipi, to appeal his third bail failure in the Supreme Court. Hatuikulipi lodged the application for leave to appeal after Judge Munsu shot down his application...
The matter in which Chinese businessman Hou Xuecheng and his Namibian co-accused Hamutenja Hamutenya were summoned to appear on a count of dealing in controlled wildlife products from 2014, was put on hold again on Wednesday. This time, it is to allow Xuecheng, who is no stranger to the law, the opportunity to raise funds...
A man who allegedly lured young girls to his house with the promise of fixing a gold ring to their teeth, lost another lawyer last Thursday when Charles Beukes withdrew due to untenable instructions. Johan Paru Morkel is facing seven counts of rape, alternatively committing or attempting to commit a sexual act with a child...
Two police officers who were summoned to the scene of an alleged rape incident in 2018 involving a father and his biological daughter at Khorixas, testified this week. The suspect is also accused of murdering his former girlfriend and mother of his three children to prevent her from testifying in the rape allegation against him. ...
A 35-year-old man, accused of strangling his former intimate partner to death after she refused to have intercourse with him, made his first appearance before Deputy Judge President Nate Ndauendapo in the Windhoek High Court on Wednesday. Henny Christy Murphy faces charges of housebreaking with intent to murder, murder (read with the provisions of the...
Windhoek High Court Judge Philanda Christiaan roasted a magistrate from Swakopmund for “failure to apply judicial care and diligence in the exercise of duties. In a review judgement on the matter of Reinhold Hinkab, who was convicted of theft and sentenced to a fine of N$8 000 or 12 months imprisonment, Judge Christiaan, in concurrence...