Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku sentenced two men convicted of the brutal murder and rape of an elderly couple from Koës in //Kharas region during 2 and 3 February 2018 two terms of life imprisonment. Usiku convicted Julius Arndt (47) and Andries Afrikaner (43) on two counts of murder each and of housebreaking and...
Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Herman January on Tuesday sentenced convicted murderer Henock Negodhi (46) to an effective 23 years behind bars. The judge sentenced Negodhi to 28 years but conditionally suspended five years of the sentence for five years. He said the three-and-a-half years Negodhi spent in pre-trial incarceration was of no fault of...
John Kangumbe Mutirua (23) pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of robbery with aggravating circumstances. Mutirua also pleaded not guilty to one count of defeating or attempting to defeat or obstruct the course of justice, one count of abduction (alternatively kidnapping), two counts of kidnapping,...
WINDHOEK – Richard Kannedy Haoseb omukalimo wokolukanda Kanaan moGobabis ou ta tamanekwa oibofa yomakwatonghonga neteyo lomaumbo okwa pewa omhito komhangu yopombada opo a ningilwe omakonakono opamadilaadilo. Edi oda popiwa komupanguli komhangu yopombada yaWindhoek Dinnah Usiku, Omandaxa pefimbo Haoseb a holoka momhangu. Hahende wopaumwene Eliaser Shikwa ou akalelapo Haoseb, okwa lombwela omhangu ta ti omutamanekwa ou...
Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku on Monday granted a resident of the Kanaan location in Gobabis the opportunity to be mentally assessed after he was convicted on multiple charges of rape and housebreaking. His current legal aid lawyer, who only came on board after his conviction, Eliaser Shikwa, told the judge that Richard Kennedy...
Legal woes continue to follow Hou Xuecheng (47), a Chinese businessman who is suspected of being a merchant in endangered species after he was arrested in Rundu on a warrant for failure to pay a traffic ticket in 2020. This was revealed on Monday when Xuecheng failed to appear for his plea and trial hearing...
Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute on Thursday convicted a 32-year-old Drimiopsis resident of kidnapping, rape and murder. Abel Mokalabatho pleaded not guilty to the charges of rape, murder and kidnapping at the start of his trial. He wanted to plead guilty to the charge of defeating or obstructing the course of justice for disposing...
A man accused of committing fraud to the tune of N$4.234 million applied for a Section 174 discharge yesterday before Windhoek High Court Judge Herman January. Morne du Plessis (40) claims there is no evidence before the court to sustain the charges of fraud, alternatively theft and theft by false pretences, as well as money...
The trial of a woman accused of a fatal shack fire that claimed the lives of her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend in December 2022 has descended into a trial within a trial. This was after the accused refuted an alleged confession and admissions she made to police officers shortly after her arrest. Mechtilde Karomo...
Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku last week convicted Abraham Maasdorp on a charge of murder with direct intent, and defeating the course of justice. The judge found that the State, represented by Advocate Basson Lilungwe, proved beyond reasonable doubt that Maasdorp intentionally killed his 10-week pregnant girlfriend, Magda van Wyk (20) on 2 August...