State Advocate Basson Lilungwe yesterday asked Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Makapa Simasiku to find Denzil Xavier Dawids (25) guilty on all charges he faces. Dawids allegedly rammed his car into a stationery vehicle and killed a female passenger on 1 October 2023 in Gobabis. He denied all charges and said the incident was the...
A woman accused of defrauding a private school in Windhoek of more than N$2,8 million started to testify in her own defence yesterday. Maria Johanna Coetzee (52), explained to the court how she managed to pay money from the school’s bank account into accounts of her own. Coetzee, however, denied five of the charges against...
A 35-year-old hearing-impaired man who was convicted of killing his wife and mother of his three minor children was sentenced to an effective 20 years in jail last week. Oshakati High Court Judge Erich Kesslau sentenced Christian Kudumo to 25 years but suspended five years for five years on condition that Kudumo is not convicted...
Four new cases involving murder and rape appeared last week before Windhoek High Court Deputy Judge President Hannelie Prinsloo for pre-trial procedures. Piet Retif Gamaseb made a first appearance before Judge Prinsloo on charges of murder and defeating the course of justice. It is alleged that he killed his common-law wife, Davie Bokkie Hannes, with...
State Advocate Ed Marondedze on Wednesday argued that the additional documents requested by former attorney general and justice minister Sacky Shanghala and two of his Fishrot co-accused, James Hatuikulipi and Pius Mwatelulo, will not assist them in preparing for their defence. In fact, Marondedze said, it is prohibited for the accused to have such documents...
Deputy Judge President Hannelie Prinsloo yesterday dismissed an application by Fishrot heavyweight and former justice minister Sacky Shanghala, James Hatuikulipi and Pius Mwatelulo to have the decisions of former Fishrot judge, Moses Chinhengo, declared null and void and for the trial to start de novo or from scratch. The judge did not provide reasons for...
State Advocate Palmer Khumalo told Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku yesterday that Gavin Gawanab was convicted of heinous crimes and deserves the most severe sentence this court can impose. He said this when he submitted on the sentence to be imposed on Gawanab, who conducted a terror regime against young girls until his arrest...
A woman accused of defrauding a private school in Windhoek of more than N$2,8 million, is fit to stand trial, two psychiatrists have found. The reports by a psychiatrist employed by the State and one in private practice, both found that Maria Johanna Coetzee (52) suffered from bipolar 2 and post traumatic stress syndrome. They,...
There is a high probability that former teacher Patrick Geingob suffered from an episode of non-pathological incapacity during the attack. He is accused of murdering his wife Merentha Geingos on 14 April 2019 by stabbing her at least 12 times with a kitchen knife at their house in Okuryangava in front of their children. This...
A ruling that declared the bank records of Sakaria Megameno Namwandi – obtained by the Bank of Namibia (BoN) and Namibian Police as admissible as evidence during the fraud trial – paved the way for Bank of Namibia executive Romeo Nel to testify. The ruling was made by Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute. Nel...