2021-06-29Roland Routh The main trial of Ernst Lichtenstrasser (60), accused of killing two senior managers at the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) in Arandis, was again put on hold yesterday, as he cannot attend court proceedings. View more
2021-06-30Roland Routh The trial of fraud accused Manga Manga-Mukena, her husband Joseph Mukena and Celestino Gabriel Antonio had to be put on hold on Monday after the court was informed that one of the accused had contact with a Covid-19 positive person. View more
2021-07-01Roland Routh The defence team of commissioner of refugees, Likius Valombola, who is accused of shooting student leader Helao Ndjaba in 2018, this week argued the evidence against him consisted of a cocktail of inconsistencies, innuendos and cover-ups. View more
2021-07-01Roland Routh Covid-19 has claimed another scalp in the form of a trial that needed to be postponed because one of the lawyers either had contact with a positive person and is in isolation or contracted the virus themselves. View more
2021-07-01Roland Routh A Windhoek High Court judge yesterday dealt a significant blow to Namibian Marine Phosphate (NMP) when he issued an order declaring that the outfit is not in possession of a valid environmental clearance certificate and is therefore not entitled to undertake mining activities. View more
2021-07-06Roland Routh The application of Russian national Alexander Krylof (57) and his Namibian counterpart Anna Katrina Engelbrecht (29) launched for a section 174 discharge was postponed yesterday to 16 August. View more
2021-07-06Roland Routh A decision by the Windhoek Correctional Facility authority not to allow any inmate to leave the facility for whatever reason until 9 July, delayed the resumption of the trial in which two American citizens are accused of the assassin-style murder of Andre Heckmair in Windhoek in January 2011. View more
2021-07-08Roland Routh Two judges of the Windhoek High Court have condemned a sentence that was handed to a man, convicted of contravening the Road Traffic and Transportation Act. View more
2021-07-13Roland Routh Two Windhoek-based lawyers managed to secure bail for their clients – two NDF members – accused of stealing at least two AK47 assault rifles, a pistol and ammunition from the Namibian Defence Force. View more
2021-07-14Roland Routh A 49-year-old former police officer, who allegedly filmed under-aged boys and sold video footage of the minors on the “dark web”, yesterday pleaded not guilty to 40 counts of child pornography in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court. View more
2021-07-15Roland Routh A murder convict was sentenced to an effective 28 years imprisonment in the Oshakati High Court this week by acting Judge David Munsu for the murder of a man who came to the rescue of a woman he had assaulted. View more
2021-07-20Roland Routh A 67-year-old man, who was initially refused bail in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court, succeeded in having that decision overturned in the Windhoek High Court on appeal. View more
2021-07-20Roland Routh The rape trial of a former magistrate and his cousin has been sent back to the criminal mentions roll of Windhoek High Court acting Judge Kobus Miller for the fixing of new dates. Former magistrate Jaco Kennedy and his cousin Ray Cloete will now return to court on 2 August for the fixing of new dates. View more
2021-07-21Roland Routh A Karibib resident, accused of stabbing his former girlfriend to death with a spear, has been allocated a new legal aid lawyer after his previous attorney withdrew from the case due to conflicting instructions. View more
2021-07-21Roland Routh The trial of a Gobabis resident who is charged with murdering another woman in exactly the same manner as in a previous murder he was convicted and sentenced for is set to start on 4 August in the High Court. View more
2021-07-22Roland Routh Oshakati High Court Judge Johanna Salionga has sentenced a man she convicted of murdering his drinking buddy and namesake to an effective 10 years imprisonment. View more
2021-07-22Roland Routh A bail appeal by three men accused of smuggling rhino horns failed in the Oshakati High Court when acting Judge David Munsu dismissed their appeal against the refusal of bail, by the Opuwo magistrate’s court. View more
2021-07-23Roland Routh Several lawyers agreeCovid-19’s effect on Namibia’s judicial system is devastating as the delivery of fair and speedy trials continues to be hampered. For many, the wheels of justice have simply ground to a halt because of the pandemic. View more
2021-07-23Roland Routh The two Fishrot matters were yesterday remanded back to the criminal mentions roll of Windhoek High Court judge Christie Liebenberg on 19 August. View more
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