2022-12-07Roland Routh A full bench of the Windhoek High Court yesterday dismissed a challenge to a section of the Combating of Rape Act by a Cuban doctor accused of raping a female colleague about four years ago. View more
2022-12-08Roland Routh Windhoek High Court Judge Herman January has agreed to hear the bail application on new facts by former magistrate Jaco Kennedy. View more
2022-12-08Roland Routh Double murder accused Ernst Josef Lichtenstrasser said he only confessed to the murders of two senior executives of the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology in Arandis because the police threatened to arrest his wife. View more
2022-12-09Roland Routh A Namibian man who allegedly operated a Ponzi scheme and is accused of defrauding 79 persons to the tune of N$4.3 million, pleaded not guilty to all counts yesterday in the Windhoek High Court. View more
2022-12-09Roland Routh A report on handwriting specimens from the Namibia Police Forensic Science Institute is at the root cause of an almost year-long delay in the trial of Ondangwa-based magistrate, Liwena Walter Mikiti, in the Windhoek High Court before acting Judge Eileen Rakow. View more
2022-12-12Roland Routh A Windhoek resident accused of raping his biological daughter several times and forcing her to abort the foetus after impregnating her, has managed to secure the services of prominent criminal defence lawyer Mbanga Siyomunji. View more
2022-12-13Roland Routh High Court acting Judge David Munsu yesterday reserved his ruling on the bail application by Tamson ‘Fitty’ Hatuikulipi to 27 December this year after hearing closing arguments by the legal teams. View more
2022-12-14Roland Routh The bail application of former minister of justice Sackey Shanghala’s employee, Nigel van Wyk, on new facts, that was abandoned is now set to start in the Windhoek High Court before Oshakati-based judge Davis Munsu today together with that of Bernhardt Esau. View more
2022-12-14Roland Routh Prominent criminal defence lawyer Mbanga Siyomunji secured bail for rape-accused public prosecutor Romeo Goagoseb in the Mariental Magistrate’s Court last week. View more
2022-12-14Roland Routh We live in unprecedented times. Postmodern society is characterised by advances in science, technology, capitalism, individualism, legislation, human rights and hedonism; yet, there is so much uncertainty and prevalence of mental health problems. View more
2022-12-15Roland Routh Former fisheries minister Bernhardt Esau has pleaded ignorance about the crimes he is accused of as well as the industry he was leading, at least initially. View more
2022-12-16Roland Routh Former minister of fisheries Bernhardt Esau yesterday said he and the Fishrot co-accused were never friends, but that they did have a cordial relationship. View more
2023-01-18Roland Routh The trial of two Zimbabwean citizens, accused of murdering a nine-year-old girl who lived with them, was put on hold yesterday after the victim’s mother was re-arrested, following surfacing incriminating evidence. View more
2023-01-19Roland Routh Admitted killer Ernst Josef Lichtenstrasser yesterday continued with his testimony, denying he was anywhere close to the scene or even in Arandis on the fateful day when two senior executives of the Namibia Institute of Mining and Technology were gunned down in cold blood. View more
2023-01-20Roland Routh A former senior police officer attached to the Women and Child Protection Unit in Keetmanshoop, is still waiting for his psychological evaluation by a private psychiatrist. View more
2023-01-25Roland Routh Three Supreme Court judges yesterday heard an appeal against the decision of the Windhoek High Court to refuse to grant six of the Fishrot accused bail. View more
2023-01-30Roland Routh Three men accused of the murder and robbery of businessman Daniele Ferrari are still waiting to hear on what charges and in which court they will be tried. View more
2023-01-31Roland Routh Five men implicated in the Fishrot scandal are fighting tooth and nail to stop prosecutor general Martha Imalwa from attaching their assets. View more
2023-02-01Roland Routh A man who was convicted of culpable homicide for stabbing another man once in the chest causing his death was sentenced to an effective five years in jail yesterday morning by regional magistrate Vanessa Stanley. View more
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