Lawyer Rudi van Vuuren, who took over the defence of Steve Biko Booys, started his defence by attacking the chain of custody of the DNA analysis for the rape kit. When the trial resumed on Tuesday last week, Van Vuuren immediately went for the jugular, first questioning the credentials of the laboratory technician who did...
Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku this week convicted Gavin Gawanab, who raped several girls until his arrest in 2018. He was found guilty on 14 of the 23 counts he faced. He faced 23 counts, including rape of minors, attempted murder, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, assault, attempted rape, indecent assault,...
A Grootfontein resident, who is facing a terrorism charge among a host of other charges, is applying to the Windhoek High Court to be released on bail, pending the finalisation of his trial. Jonathan Hangula (34) is only applying for bail now that his case was transferred to the High Court, as the law does...
A police inspector who was first on the scene in a rape incident in the Hoachanas settlement in the Hardap region, testified in the trial of a 45-year-old resident accused of a string of serious criminal charges on Monday. Jonas Murao, faces nine charges, including three counts of housebreaking with intent to steal and theft,...
CCTV footage obtained by the State yesterday showed how the Nkata couple leisurely walked to a service station near their residence and bought firelighters, paraffin and matches during the early morning hours. The footage was shown yesterday when Caroline Nkata, her husband Edward, and Rachel Kureva who are accused of murdering Akundaishe Natalie Chipomho, the...
In a twist in the ‘Oil-rot’ saga, details have emerged that Namibian Defence Force-owned company, August 26 Holdings, signed surety on behalf of Enercon for a loan from the Development Bank of Namibia for the purchase of petroleum products and fuel management systems. DBN is suing Enercon, the Elindi brothers, August 26, and some other...
It seems that the perseverance of the Fishrot accused to get rid of Acting High Court Judge Moses Chinhengo has finally paid off. This is after the judge tendered his withdrawal from the matter for personal reasons. Judge President Petrus Damaseb yesterday announced that Judge Chinhengo, who hails from Zimbabwe and was specially appointed to...
Six men accused of the brutal murder of Patrick Hawala ‘Waka’ Hamupanda (31) made their first appearance in the Windhoek High Court before Deputy Judge President Hannelie Prinsloo this week. Lukas Nghishekwa Simon (40), Festus Vulika Nehemia (28), Lukas Ndapanda Andreas (27), Kleopas Nghishikushitya Amutenya (28), Felix Armani Imfusi (30), and Modestus Mwawedange Wilhelm (32)...
A Grootfontein resident facing a terrorism charge amongst a host of other charges has applied to be represented by a State lawyer. This was indicated on Tuesday by his current privately instructed lawyer, Wihan Brand, when Jona Hangula (34) made a third appearance in the Windhoek High Court for a scheduled pre-trial hearing. Brand told...
The criminal trial of self-proclaimed forex trader-turned activist-turned politician, Michael Amushelelo, and his business partner, Gergory Cloete, was postponed to 7 August this year for a trial judge to be assigned to them. This was indicated yesterday by Deputy Judge President Hannelie Prinsloo during a scheduled pre-trial hearing. The trial has been delayed for over...