The wife and co-accused of a man on trial for the murder of a nine-year-old girl allegedly confessed to a State witness that he killed the deceased. Esther Nkata, who at first said she is the mother of Edward Nkata, but then corrected herself and said he is her sister’s son, told Windhoek High Court...
The trial of a man who allegedly fatally slit the throat of his live-in girlfriend with a kitchen knife was stopped in its tracks because several witnesses are not allowed to travel from the epicentre of Covid-19 in Walvis Bay as a preventive measure. This was relayed to Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Orben Sibeya...
A farmworker from Post Houtputz in the Otjombinde area near Tallismanus in the Gobabis district yesterday pleaded guilty to murder with direct intent for slitting the throat of his girlfriend and mother of his child on 4 September 2018. Henrik Bock (53) however denied guilt on the charge of attempted murder for allegedly hitting Angela Anab...
The trial of a Congolese national accused of smuggling at least 15 refugees into Namibia for a fee was remanded to 1 December after Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku was informed that she was ill and as a result could not attend court proceedings. After legal aid lawyer Kenneth Siyambango told the judge at...
Three young men from Gobabis, who are accused of taking turns to rape a woman at a local settlement on 6 March 2016, will hear their fate on 16 October after Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute heard arguments on the verdict on Friday. The youngsters who were 15 and 19 years old at the...
A 60-year-old Khorixas businessman in the Kunene region yesterday pleaded guilty to a charge of murder read with the provisions of the Domestic Violence Act, as well as two counts under the Arms and Ammunition Act when his trial started before Windhoek High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg. Rudolf Huirad Gowaseb admitted having shot and killed his...
Hendrik Bock (53), a farmworker from Post Houtputz in the Otjombinde area near Tallismanus in the Gobabis district, on Monday pleaded guilty to murder with direct intent for slitting the throat of his girlfriend and mother of his child on 4 September 2018. Bock however denied guilt on a charge of attempted murder for allegedly...
A farmworker from Omaheke region, who had admitted to murdering his girlfriend by stabbing her 13 times and crushing her skull with an axe during October 2016, has been found guilty of the rape and attempted murder of another woman. Windhoek High Court acting Judge Eileen Rakow convicted the 29-year-old Benedictus Koper for raping and...
Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute last week dismissed an application by a local businessman, who was convicted of murder with direct intent and sentenced to 35 years in jail leave, to appeal the conviction in the Supreme Court. The 60-year-old Sakarias Mathias was convicted by Shivute of murder after he fired a shot that...
A teacher from Mayuni Senior Secondary School failed during an appeal he had lodged for his conviction and subsequent 12-year jail term for the brutal rape of an 18-year-old student. The school is located some 130 kilometres west of Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi region Mwilima Sandy Muyongo (49) was convicted in the Regional Court...