Murder accused skips judgement day
The Windhoek Regional Court has issued a warrant of arrest against a local man who is on trial for allegedly stabbing his brother to death last year.
- October 20th, 2020
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The Windhoek Regional Court has issued a warrant of arrest against a local man who is on trial for allegedly stabbing his brother to death last year.
The trial of a man who is accused robbing and preying on lone women in the Windhoek’s informal settlement of Goreangab area was postponed by Katutura Magistrate’s Court last week.
A woman was allegedly assaulted and raped by her colleague while at work in Otjomuise on Friday.
A woman and her daughter, who were arrested for allegedly causing the death of a 19-month-old toddler, were denied bail when they made their first appearance in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
A 28-year-old man on Friday admitted he murdered and robbed his former Chinese employer and that he burned some of the victim’s belongings in an effort to defeat the ends of justice.
The application period for the vacancy of the prosecutor general has been extended by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).
The trial of two Windhoek residents who stand accused of attempting to divert N$1.1 million from Air Namibia has come to a standstill after one of the accused’s lawyer withdrew from the matter.
Seven men accused of the gang murder of a Swakopmund man, the attempted murder of another and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm on 31 October 2012, were acquitted on all charges in the Swakopmund Regional Court last week.
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Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) parliamentarian Nico Smit has blamed the authorities, including police chief Sebastian Ndeitunga and gender minister Doreen Sioka, for the spike in violent crimes, saying they are the main culprits “in this unacceptable situation, where women and girls are afraid of entering a taxi or walking on our streets”.
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A Windhoek teacher, who stands accused of fatally stabbing his wife multiple in April last year, is scheduled to tender his preliminary plea next week.
Another State witness yesterday testified about the alleged firearm that the two American citizens, accused of the assassin-like murder of Andre Heckmair in Windhoek in 2011, enquired about buying.
ONGWEDIVA – The police in Oshana on Friday evening confiscated 32 containers of fuel believed to have been smuggled from Angola.
A grade 7 learner from Omufituwenkete village in Outapi constituency was arrested yesterday morning while on his way to school in connection with the alleged rape of a nine-year-old girl last Friday.
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The fate of a Windhoek resident who confessed under oath of abducting and sexually violating a minor last year is now in the hands of the prosecutor general.
ONGWEDIVA – The past weekend was once again marred by a spate of killings, especially in northern Namibia where a number of them were reported and currently the subject of investigation by the authorities.
ONGWEDIVA – A 29-year-old man was granted bail of N$800 in the Outapi Magistrate’s Court on Thursday for allegedly stealing a goat at Etayi in the Omusati region recently.
The case of a Namibian Defence Force (NDF) soldier, who is facing criminal charges for allegedly shooting and killing a Zimbabwean national last year, is scheduled to continue next year.
One of the Americans currently on trial on a charge of murder in addition to other charges in the Windhoek High Court lost his bid to regain his freedom after acting Judge Orben Sibeya dismissed his bail application.
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The psychiatric reports for a former Global Fund employee accused of killing his supervisor and wounding another ex-colleague are ready and were submitted to court this week.
The Katutura Magistrate’s Court is scheduled to give a ruling in the matter of a 30-year-old Windhoek resident who is on trial for the death of his brother over N$20.
A fourth suspect has been arrested in connection with the cash-in-transit robbery at Black Chain Mall in Katutura last month involving more than N$900 000.
OMUTHIYA - A man who is yet to be identified was early morning yesterday shot dead allegedly by a retired police officer at Onanke in the Oshikoto region after he was reportedly caught breaking into several cuca shops at the village.
Two men accused of acts of rape in Swakopmund during 2015 and 2017 tendered not guilty pleas when their trial started before Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen this week.
ONGWEDIVA – A spate of robberies have been reported in the Oshana region in recent months.
ONGWEDIVA - The police in Oshana are hot on the trail of four suspects who allegedly robbed a Nampost office employee of N$600 000 at gunpoint on Monday.
The State has gathered enough evidence against a motorist who was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run that resulted in the death of Windhoek cyclist Ingrid van Wyk Scholtz late last year.
The fate of a Windhoek resident who was arrested last year for allegedly killing and setting alight his live-in girlfriend now rests in the hands of the prosecutor general.
Young girls and women continue to be victims of inappropriate behaviour and sexual abuse from strangers and even their family members.
A Windhoek resident, who was arrested last year for allegedly killing and setting alight his live-in girlfriend, is scheduled to tender his preliminary plea this week.
Simataa Simasiku (34) underwent two mental evaluations following an order of the court that he should be examined by two independent doctors
The police in Oshana have recovered five vehicles that were stolen in the region in September alone
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In addition, ECN continued with the registration process during the state of emergency when many eligible voters were not within their constituencies.
“The argument got intense and the boyfriend shot her girlfriend with the pistol on the head and then he turned the pistol on himself,
An officer of the Namibian Defence Force who was arrested for shooting and killing a Windhoek civilian during a joint law enforcement operation last year is expected to tender his preliminary plea next month.
Three men who were arrested in connection to an armed robbery at Black Chain mall in Katutura on Sunday involving more than N$900 000 were denied bail when they made their first appearance in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
The Katutura Magistrate’s Court has scheduled the trial hearing of a teenage girl who was arrested for allegedly dumping her dead infant last year after giving birth.
Yet another case of murder-and-suicide has been reported in northern Namibia after a 26-year-old man allegedly strangled his girlfriend before drowning himself in an earthen dam this week.
The prosecutor general has decided to arraign a woman, accused of killing her neighbour in a brawl over alcohol nearly two years ago in Otjomuise.
A man, who was arrested last year on suspicion he robs and preys on lone women in the Windhoek’s Goreangab area, is set to get new trial dates in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court.
Sexual assaults against women and children have become an epidemic of horror, with more disturbing reports highlighting the country’s horrific rape crisis.
The police have questioned three people of interest following a cash-in-transit robbery at the Black Chain mall in Katutura on Sunday.
ONGWEDIVA - The Oshakati High Court recently sentenced Eliaser Uunandapo to 30 years imprisonment for murder and another 15 years for rape.
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The trial of a former Global Fund employee accused of murdering his supervisor and wounding a colleague will be presided over by Windhoek High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg, it was announced last week.
The suspect in a gruesome murder in Windhoek has turned himself to the police last week Thursday, after having been on the run for more than five days.
Windhoek Regional Court has given a last chance to a man, accused of working in cahoots with a former prosecutor to illegally scrape criminal charges from the court system, to find a lawyer.
ONGWEDIVA – Oshakati High Court Judge Johanna Salionga this week sentenced a 53-year-old man to 35 years imprisonment for murder and rape.
The joinder application hearing in the case of former justice minister Sacky Shanghala and his former employee Nigel van Wyk was postponed to November by Windhoek Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
The bail hearing of self-proclaimed preacher Jackson Babi and his co-accused Ananias Ananias is scheduled to take place next week in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court.
The trial of the man accused of killing the two top executives of the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) is set to start on 26 October.
A 30-year-old Windhoek resident went on trial in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court for the death of his brother who died from a stab wound to the abdomen nearly two years ago.
Lay litigant August Maletzky, Simon Afrikaner and lawyer Titus Mbaeva made a first pre-trial appearance in the Windhoek High Court yesterday before Judge Christie Liebenberg on charges of fraud, corruption, forgery and conspiracy to commit fraud and corruption and money laundering.
OMUTHIYA – An 11-year-old girl had to endure the traumatic event of seeing lifeless bodies of her parents after her father reportedly assaulted her mother to death before taking his own life.
A Windhoek teacher who is accused of fatally stabbing his wife multiple times and slitting her stomach in April last year is yet to attain legal representation for his case.
The Windhoek Regional Court is set to hear more details as to what led to the gruesome death of an Okahandja resident more than a decade ago when the trial resumes in October.
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A former street kid, who was allegedly approached by two American citizens, accused of the assassin-like murder of Andre Heckmair, last week testified before Windhoek High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg.
The Namibian police in Khomas region are looking for two unknown male suspects, who allegedly raped a 12-year-old minor girl in the presence of her mother and younger sister.
The Ondangwa Magistrate’s Court has remanded a 26-year-old man in custody following his appearance yesterday for allegedly distributing a sex tape involving himself and a former lover on social media.
ONGWEDIVA - The police in Omusati are investigating a case of rape after a mentally challenged minor was allegedly raped in exchange for a cell phone.
The Katutura Magistrate’s Court refused to release on bail three Angolan women who were arrested at Hosea Kutako International Airport with more than N$2.2 million in foreign currency, pending the prosecutor general’s decision.
A 31-year-old woman from Ondangwa in the Oshana region wants justice after her former lover, who is accused of distributing a sex tape involving both of them, was arrested over the weekend.
FirstRand Namibia executive Andrew Kanime has been appointed as Namport CEO, New Era understands.
Three judges of the Supreme Court have upheld a decision by the Windhoek High Court that the power to search and seize can only be applied for by an “inspector” appointed in terms of the Namibian Competition Commission’s (NaCC) Act.
The ruling in the matter in which Anti-Corruption Commission chief investigator Phelem Masule is suing Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila over his unceremonious removal as chief of investigations and prosecutions barely a few days after he attained the promotion, will be delivered on 28 September.
A former drug lord yesterday told the Windhoek High Court he was approached by a street kid in 2011 who told him about two Americans who were allegedly looking for a handgun to buy.
The trial of five men who stand accused of a deadly armed robbery in Windhoek nearly a decade ago has been scheduled to resume next year.
A farmworker from Gobabis, who admitted at the start of his trial to killing his girlfriend by stabbing her at least 13 times with a knife and crushing her skull with an axe during October 2016, will be sentenced on 30 September.
ONGWEDIVA - The police in Oshana are investigating a case of robbery after five unknown suspects got away with N$133 754 on Monday at Ongwediva.
One of the two men convicted of raping and violently robbing an elderly couple from Uis in the Erongo region during 2010 wants the High Court to grant him leave to appeal both his conviction and sentence in the Supreme Court.
A 53-year-old man was arrested at the weekend for the alleged rape of two minor girls aged seven and eight during July this year.
A 41-year-old man, convicted for the brutal murder of a 56-year-old woman in Windhoek West during 2014 and sentenced to 28 years imprisonment, failed to show he has a reasonable prospect of success on appeal.
The prosecutor general is yet to pronounce herself in the case of a woman accused of killing her neighbour in a brawl over alcohol nearly two years ago.
WALVIS BAY – A Karibib man and his cousin were arrested over the weekend after they allegedly took turns to rape the man’s girlfriend on Friday evening.
ONGWEDIVA - The police in Oshana region are hot on the trail of an Angolan man who is wanted for allegedly murdering his fellow countryman.
Windhoek High Court Judges Kobus Miller and Dinnah Usiku on Friday dismissed an appeal by two senior South African lawyers who were found guilty and fined after admitting they did not have work permits allowing them to represent the six men charged in the Fishrot corruption scandal.
The matter in which Anti-Corruption Commission chief investigator, Phelem Masule, is suing Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila over his unceremonious removal as chief of investigations and prosecutions barely a few days after he attained the promotion will only be heard next week Thursday.
Three of six men who denied having a hand in the armed robbery that took place nearly three years ago at Westlane Lifestyle Centre in Windhoek will be going on trial in October.
Katutura Central constituency councillor and parliamentarian Ambrosius Kandjii will go on trial on a yet to be determined date for allegedly assaulting a woman and pointing a firearm at her earlier this year.
The Katutura Magistrate’s Court yesterday postponed the case of a Namibian Defence Force officer accused of shooting and killing a Zimbabwean national last year during a Kalahari Desert operation.
Another murder trial was stopped in its tracks this week when High Court Judge Nate Ndauendapo postponed the partly heard case to February next year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Katutura Magistrate’s Court gave a final remand for the police to conclude their investigations into the case of a man, accused of killing and burning the body of his live-in girlfriend on the outskirts of Windhoek.
A group of men who stand accused of having robbed and killed a man in a Windhoek suburb nearly three years ago will have to wait for eight months to stand trial.
The trial of two men who stand accused of attempting to divert and steal N$1.1 million from Air Namibia in 2017 will resume in October.
The Windhoek Regional Court has postponed the trial hearing of a woman accused of stabbing her 70-year-old boyfriend to death in 2018.
ONGWEDIVA – A 41-year-old man, who initially faced charges of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, had his charges changed to murder after his victim succumbed to his injuries.
The main accused in the tax refund fraud trial, which is ongoing in the Windhoek High Court, has denied any wrongdoing before acting Judge Kobus Miller.
The State has brought an application to amend the money laundering charge against two Namibians and 12 Angolan citizens accused of having ripped off government more than N$210 million in alleged forged tax refund claims.
Cases of housebreaking with intent to rob and robbery with aggravating circumstances have been opened by the police against various suspects
ONGWEDIVA – Two suspects were arrested for attempting to smuggle 26 head of cattle valued at N$156 000 into Namibia from Angola without permits.
ONGWEDIVA – Two men, accused of murder, were denied bail when they made their first appearance in the Ohangwena Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
The trial of a 28-year-old man, who denied to having raped, strangled and killed Magdalena Gamras in June 2016 at Gobabis, could not proceed yesterday due to the unavailability of the prosecutor.
RUNDU – Two Chinese nationals, who were arrested last year for the murder of one of their employees at Andara village in the Mukwe constituency of Kavango East, were granted bail of N$100 000 each this week.
More details have emerged of how a teenage boy has allegedly been preying on minor girls for sexual exploitation between September 2019 and August this year.
An Omuthiya man who was falsely accused of stealing a gas stove component from a local store has expressed unhappiness with how the police handled the case.
Two of the five men on trial for allegedly being hired by a Windhoek woman to kill her husband have lodged an application for discharge in terms of section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Act when the State closed its case against them.
ONGWEDIVA - Three women were denied bail in the Oshakati Magistrate’s Court on Monday after the alleged scammers reportedly managed to steal the identity of a woman and attempted to apply for a loan of more than N$170 000 from a cash loan business.
One of the men accused of attacking an elderly couple, which resulted in the death of 79-year-old Roswitha Strzelecki in Swakopmund in 2017, has informed the court he cannot afford the processing fee for him to attain legal representation.
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The father of the late Hango Ekonia Shipepe is not happy with the decision by the Okahao Magistrate’s Court to grant bail to the murder accused of his 19-year-old son.
The State is ready to prosecute three men, who are accused of killing an elderly couple farm Lindeshof near Köes in the Keetmanshoop district in 2018.
The police in Omusati region at the end of last week arrested two pensioners for dealing with cannabis at Otjihitwa village in the Onesi constituency.
WALVIS BAY – A Walvis Bay businessman, who was arrested on fraud, forgery and uttering, as well as tax evasion charges involving the importation of chicken worth N$7.5 million, was released after paying bail of N$140 000 last week.
The Windhoek High Court is yet to receive the psychiatric evaluation report of the former Global Fund employee who is accused of killing his former supervisor and injuring an ex-colleague in Windhoek City Centre last year.
The liquidators of the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Bank and Zimbabwean minority shareholders are in for a two-month wait for a ruling in which the court will decide if the bank’s minority shareholders are liable for the bank’s closure in 2017.
The stepfather of a woman, who was shot and killed by her boyfriend during 2018, yesterday testified against the accused in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court.
Grootfontein local authority councillor Jack Tsanigab, who was arrested on Monday on corruption and fraud charges, was granted bail of N$4 000.
The second bail hearing of a 36-year-old man accused of repeatedly raping his girlfriend’s daughter is scheduled to take place next week in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court.
A man convicted after he confessed having killed his girlfriend by shooting her several times because he was allegedly consumed by anger, will be calling witnesses to testify in his favour during the mitigation hearing before sentencing.
The judgement in the case of a farmworker who admitted to killing his girlfriend and mother of his child in 2018 was postponed to 19 August.
An Angolan accused of dealing in rhino horns lost his appeal against a ruling by a Windhoek magistrate that deprived him of bail when High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg upheld the initial decision by the magistrate.
ONGWEDIVA – The Oshakati High Court on Wednesday sentenced Johannes Mateus, aged 28, to 32 years in prison after it convicted him of having hacked his girlfriend with a panga in a frenzied attack in August 2018.
The police are investigating a case of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and malicious damage to property after a 31-year-old man from Windhoek reported a complaint against members of the security cluster over a June incident that was allegedly triggered by a face mask.
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.
WALVIS BAY – A resident of Uis is expected to appear in the Omaruru Magistrate’s Court today for allegedly sodomising a 35-year-old man at the settlement on Monday evening.
SWAKOPMUND – Eighteen of the 20 people arrested for allegedly attacking police officers and vandalising the Mondesa police station at Swakopmund last weekend were denied bail.
A South African national who is accused of sex trafficking has been denied bail in the Outapi Magistrate’s Court.
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.
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.
OMUTHIYA – About 18 bar owners were fined over the weekend in Tsumeb for contravening the Covid-19 state of emergency regulation for selling alcohol after the specified times determined by the regulations to curb the spread of the virus.
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.
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A Gobabis resident, who allegedly brutally raped and killed Magdalena Gamras in June 2016 at the eastern town of Gobabis, testified in his defence on Wednesday in the Windhoek High Court before Acting Judge Kobus Miller.
Zambezi police commander Karl Theron has been under heavy condemnation from the public in the region after it emerged he allegedly manhandled a junior officer, reportedly over the misuse of a police vehicle.
Andre Friedel Castri Dausab (39), convicted for the murder of a former girlfriend by stabbing her 27 times with three knives and jailed for life in 2018 by High Court Judge Naomi Shivute, has sued the Namibia Correctional Service (NCS) over the confiscation of his laptop.
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.
RUNDU – Erastus Singombe Ngazi whose vehicle over the weekend ran over three young men, two of whom sustained serious injuries while one of them died on the spot at a local bar in Rundu, was denied bail when he appeared before the magistrate’s court on Monday.
The second attempt by Fishrot accused Ricardo Gustavo to get bail was refused by the Windhoek High Court yesterday when his appeal application was dismissed.
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Three magistrate’s courts were shut down with immediate effect yesterday for 14 days after two court officials tested positive for Covid-19.
The trial of an Okahandja resident accused of killing a man and burying him with two dogs on his father’s farm seven years ago was postponed to September.
A twenty-one-year-old man on trial for the murder of Rafael Romanus Marishane in May 2014 is scheduled to get a new trial date.
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 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.
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The self-proclaimed prophet Jackson Babi (30) and his co-accused Frizans Naululu Dumeni (25) have approached the court to be released on bail.
The Deputy Commissioner General of the Namibian Correctional Service Anna-Rosa Katjivena said although ex-female offenders have been going through counselling and rehabilitation, criminal records diminish their prospects when they seek gainful employment at private and state institutions.
Last Thursday at about 14h00, at Goreangab informal settlement, it was reported a 31-year-old Namibian male hanged himself with an electrical cable in his sleeping room.
Judges Naomi Shivute and Claudia Claasen found that the magistrate that convicted and sentenced Alois Gariseb during March 2019 did not commit an error in either the verdict or the sentences.
A long-distance bus driver, accused of murdering his former girlfriend after she dumped him via SMS, yesterday informed the Windhoek High Court he had nothing to do with her death.
WALVIS BAY – Three Dutch nationals were each granted bail of N$50 000 on Friday after they were arrested last week for illegally dumping fish in Namibian waters.
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Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen has refused to grant bail to one of the three men, who are charged with the brutal murder of elderly farmers Gielam Botha (78) and his wife, 80-year-old Susara Aletta at their farm Lindeshof near Köes in the Keetmanshoop District.
A 26-six-year-old man, who is accused of sexually violating his two-week-old baby, was denied bail when he made his first appearance in the Gobabis Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Police spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi says alcohol abuse remains a serious concern after a four-year-old girl was hit by a car and killed in Windhoek.
Investigations in a case in which a 32-year-old civilian was allegedly shot and killed by an officer of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) are yet to be concluded, the Katutura Magistrate’s Court was informed yesterday.
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The State, as represented by deputy prosecutor general Cliff Litubezi, said Gustavo cannot argue that he should be granted bail because others in high profile cases were granted bail. He said every case is judged on its own merit.
The Namibian police have concluded investigations into the case of the woman accused of killing her neighbour over alcohol in 2018.
The prosecutor general has yet to pronounce herself in the case of three Angolan women who were caught at Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA) with more than N$2.2 million in foreign currencies.
A man was arrested by the police for allegedly stabbing and killing his 30-year-old girlfriend in full view of her five-year-old child at Oshitoo village in Omusati region.
A former Global Fund employee, who is accused of killing his former supervisor and injuring a colleague during a shooting spree in 2019, is set to undergo psychiatric evaluation.
The case of a man, who is facing multiple counts of rape and that of defiling and mutilating a 10-year-old girl in 2018, is ready to proceed for trial in the High Court.
The trial of prominent Windhoek lawyer Dirk Conradie and his long-time friend Sara Ngenohani Damases hit another snag as Covid-19 restrictions means that his South African senior counsel Vas Soni cannot attend the hearing in the Windhoek High Court.
The police are looking for two unknown men, who killed a person and seriously injured the other in their attempt to rob the victim in the Avis Dam area.
Former magistrate turned rape accused Jaco Kennedy has lodged yet another application in the Windhoek High Court – this time, for an itemised description of each document in the original case docket, an itemised description of any document in the original case docket to which he is denied access if any, and a statement under oath, disclosing the basis upon which access is denied.
The ruling in the legal battle for the Law Society of Namibia (LSN) to be allowed access to local lawyer Sisa Namandje’s law firm trust account has been postponed to August.
Oshakati High Court judge Johanna Salionga has sentenced a pensioner to life imprisonment and another 30 years, following a double murder conviction.
Jan Moses Uamunika (49), convicted for the murder of Rehoboth farmer Joseph Adriaan (Shorty) Barth (69 years old at the time of his untimely death), will be sentenced on Wednesday, Windhoek High Court acting Judge Eileen Rakow said on Friday.
A farmworker from the Mariental district was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment on Wednesday, for a conviction on the murder of his wife of 21 years.
A Pick n Pay customer was granted bail of N$3 000, following his appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court yesterday for allegedly assaulting a female employee in one of the shops this week.
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The Namibian Police have confiscated drugs worth over N$2 million, national spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi said in a statement yesterday.
A 32-year-old man on Monday appeared in the Outapi Magistrate’s Court on allegations he stole 26 goats at Okalongo constituency in Omusati region.
A 26-year-old has committed suicide inside a Windhoek church. The body of Haidula Hipopisha was discovered hanging inside the AFM Livingstone church in Wanaheda yesterday morning.
A middle-aged man from Okeeke village in Ogongo constituency yesterday appeared in the Outapi Magistrate’s Court on a murder charge for his biological son.
The defence lawyer of a man, accused of raping his girlfriend’s daughter last week, informed the court that they would be launching a new bail application on new facts.
The Uukwaluudhi Traditional Authority (UTA) issued fines of nine donkeys – alternatively N$14 000 – each to two young men it found guilty of having stolen six donkeys from different communal farmers.
The case of a man, who is accused of killing his lover in the Mukwe area and burying her remains in Rundu two years ago, has been referred to the High Court.
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Windhoek High Court acting judge Orben Sibeya this week said he took the cumulative effect of the two convictions into account when he sentenced a man, employed as a gardener at the house of his victim, to 32 years imprisonment.
Retribution and deterrence require that a court in sentencing take into account the pain and suffering caused by the commission of an offence to the injured party and the affected members of the community, over and above the public in general.
The case of a man accused of killing and burning his live-in girlfriend last year in Windhoek could not proceed as his docket was not at court yesterday.
A 17-year-old girl is four months pregnant after her biological father had sexual intercourse with her on two different occasions at Onalunike village.
A Windhoek City Police officer, who was on trial for the killing of his wife when he reportedly ran her over with a car in 2015, was acquitted yesterday.
Court proceedings had to be adjourned early last week in a dramatic turn of events when a stock theft accused collapsed in the dock.
A woman, who allegedly killed her live-in boyfriend in Katutura May last year, is scheduled to make her preliminary plea in August.
A man convicted of killing a woman in Mariental by shooting her in the head with a stolen pistol was sentenced to an effective 30 years behind bars by Windhoek High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg yesterday.
Three young men from Gobabis in the Omaheke region this week denied guilt on 15 counts of rape during their trial in the Windhoek High Court.
A 23-year-old woman, who is accused of stabbing her 70-year-old lover multiple times to death in 2018, has denied causing his death.
A 25-year-old Standard Bank employee at Onethindi in Oshikoto region is in police custody for allegedly stealing a combined amount of N$250 000 from a teller machine.
The Windhoek Regional Court is scheduled to hear the case of a Yemeni national who is accused of killing a man over a million-dollar deal that turned sour in 2016.
A 22-year-old Angolan national employed as a domestic worker in Omusati region was arrested on a charge of murder after he allegedly stabbed a 40-year-old man in the neck with a kitchen knife on Friday evening.
Although taking a no guilty plea, refugees commissioner Likius Valombola admitted to firing the shot that could have possibly caused the death of former student leader Helao Ndjaba in 2018.
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KEETMANSHOOP - //Kharas governor Aletha Fredericks has condemned racial remarks against the Nama community allegedly made by a teacher who also appeared in court yesterday.
The Namibia Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) has been ordered to fork out N$812 000 to a worker the institute unfairly dismissed last year, as the labour court ruled in favour of the worker who should also be reinstated.
OMUTHIYA - A Grade 8 pupil from Oshikoto has fallen pregnant after her 36-year-old cousin allegedly sexually violated her.
A man who was convicted of rape in the Windhoek Regional Court yesterday claimed the 29-year-old victim only reported the matter because he refused to be in a monogamous relationship with her.
A three-year-old baby girl who had never been vaccinated since birth died on Tuesday in the casualty section at Onandjokwe state hospital where she was rushed for treatment.
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Windhoek High Court acting Judge Orben Sibeya sentenced a 58-year-old man to 30 years’ imprisonment for murder and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Sibeya said he took into consideration the people affected by the death of the victim, including her children, when he sentenced Benjamin Strong to an effective 30 years behind bars.
A police officer, who arrested a murder accused farmworker from Tses in the //Kharas region in 2017, yesterday told the Windhoek High Court that the suspect admitted to the killing.
The Windhoek Regional Court is scheduled to hear what transpired on the night that a 70-year-old man was stabbed multiple times to death by his 23-year-old girlfriend, nearly three years ago in Okuryangava.
A murder suspect, who refused to testify in his own defence in an ongoing case, was recently convicted in the Oshakati High Court.
A man from Okafitu Kakuni in the Outapi constituency has been charged with murder in connection with the accidental shooting of his 66-year-old father yesterday morning.
Forensic tests conducted on a placenta of a minor rape victim revealed that her biological father, who is accused of committing the incest, fathered her baby.
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A bus driver, who allegedly killed his former girlfriend after she dumped him, failed in his application for discharge in the Windhoek High Court last week.
The public behaviour following the partial lifting of the ban on alcohol sales in the //Kharas region is posing a challenge for the maintenance of law and order, said regional crime investigations coordinator, Deputy Commissioner Chrispin Mubebo.
The Windhoek High Court has found a Rehoboth man charged with the death of another man in 2018 guilty of murder.
OMUTHIYA - A 29-year-old PostFin agent in Tsumeb was on Friday arrested for theft under false pretence for allegedly defrauding clients.
SWAKOPMUND - A Swakopmund resident is currently receiving treatment in the local hospital after he was electrocuted and sustained serious burn injuries while allegedly stealing power cables.
A 67-year-old man who was 49 when he committed a double murder act in March 2012, was sentenced to an effective 70 years in prison.
A former paramedic in the Namibian Defence Force (NDF), who is on trial for the murder of his girlfriend and mother of his now five-year-old son in Katutura in 2016, has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Five unknown men allegedly gang-raped a 23-year-old woman at a house in Windhoek’s Otjomuise on Friday evening.
RUNDU – The police last weekend arrested six males aged 18, 20, 25, 26, 27 and 42 for possession and drug dealing.
RUNDU - The case of a man, who stands accused of allegedly killing his lover in the Mukwe area and burying her remains in Rundu two years ago, was last week postponed to 13 July for the prosecutor general’s decision.
A resident of Otjomuise in Windhoek was found guilty of murder read with the provisions of the Domestic Violence Act by Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Orben Sibeya last week.
A resident of Otjomuise in Windhoek was found guilty of murder read with the provisions of the Domestic Violence Act by Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Orben Sibeya last week.
An elderly woman claimed she was last month brutally assaulted and offered N$600 for medical expenses by members of the Namibian police at Oneumba village in the Oshikoto region during a routine patrol to enforce Covid-19 lockdown regulations under stage two.
The State is yet to conclude investigations into the case of a 50-year-old man who confessed to abducting and sexually violating a minor girl last year.
The trial in which two men are accused of murdering a truck driver, who gave them a lift and then stealing his cargo of 2 020 crates of beer he was transporting, is nearing its end in the Windhoek High Court.
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The Katutura Magistrate’s Court gave a final remand for further investigations for the case of Namibian Defence Force (NDF) officer who is accused of shooting and killing a Zimbabwean national and taxi driver in June last year.
The prosecutor general has given additional instructions to the investigating officer dealing with the case of a 42-year-old man who is accused of killing his girlfriend and mother of his children nearly two years ago in Windhoek’s Otjomuise area.
RUNDU - The police in Kavango East are investigating a case of rape at Ndiyona village after it emerged a 14-year-old minor fell pregnant following a rape incident in November last year. However, the case was never reported to the police as the minor was allegedly threatened by the suspect against reporting the case.
The formal bail application of South African national Kenneth Karner (66), who was nabbed for alleged human trafficking involving two minor girls, has been postponed for the continuation of his application to be released on bail on the charges levelled against him.
Three judges of the Windhoek High Court on Friday deferred their ruling on an urgent application by the Namibian Employers Federation (NEF) and six others to declare the regulations in terms of Covid-19 that makes it a criminal offence to unilaterally retrench employees or decrease their remuneration.
The onus is on the prosecutor general to decide if the State will prosecute Namibia Qualifications Authority’s CEO Franz Gertze for shooting his wife six times last year.
The Namibian Police is looking for three men who broke into a vehicle and stole 90 brand new cell phones at Wernhil last week Wednesday. The 90 cellphones comprise 35 Huawei Y5 lite black, 35 Premio A10 and 15 Premio P241 and five galaxy tabs A10.1 2019 black, valued at N$150 000.
In a strange twist of irony, a 58-year-old-man initially wanted by the police for the alleged theft of N$130 000 tasted his own medicine when he was swindled of N$70 000.
High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg last week sentenced the man he convicted of murdering an elderly farmer at Farm Villa Rosa in the Usakos district to an effective 36 years imprisonment. Dion Haraseb was convicted for the murder of 71-year-old Willem Cornelius de Klerk on 19 October 2015.
A Mariental resident, accused of killing a woman in Mariental by shooting her in the head with a stolen pistol, has denied the charge of murder but confessed having fired the fatal shot before Windhoek High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg on Tuesday.
A taxi driver, who allegedly killed his former girlfriend after she dumped him through an SMS, has lodged an application for discharge in terms of section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Act on Tuesday when the State closed its case against him.
Vigilant policing has led to the confiscation of a big consignment of illicit alcohol, traditional brew, dependence producing drugs and cigarettes during stage 2 of the proclaimed state of emergency to contain Covid-19.
A dispute over a woman led to a panga attack and killing of one man at Okautjove in the Otjombinde district of Omaheke region last weekend. Police established that a fight broke out over a woman between two men, which led to the death of one of them. Omaheke police crime investigations coordinator Chris Kalimbula confirmed the fatal incident.
A man, who was convicted in the Oshakati High Court for stabbing his wife 13 times to death in 2013, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. Buta Epamba (42) was convicted on a charge of murder read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act for the death of his wife Isabel Epamba (34) in Rundu on 1 September 2013.
The Law Society of Namibia (LSN) submitted in court that its findings pertaining to prominent lawyer Sisa Namandje and his law firm will not be presented to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Police concluded that a 28-year-old paramedic from Swakopmund set himself alight last week and that he was not murdered. The paramedic, Warrick Ian Fortuin, sustained 90% burn wounds.
Three nurses, who were arrested in the wee hours of Sunday for allegedly consuming alcohol on the premises of the Katima Mulilo state hospital in an apparent breach of the Coronavirus regulations, have each paid a fine of N$2 000. The police said the three nurses – a female and two men – were having fun at the hospital nurses’ home when police caught them. The trio is Mufalo Mwilima (28), John Netha (32) and 28-year-old Ruth Mundia.
OMUTHIYA – A control administrator in the office of the Oshikoto governor, who is accused of misusing government vehicles, was released on bail of N$1 500 in the Ondangwa Magistrate’s Court.
The Omusati regional police strongly advised communal farmers to ensure they take care of their livestock because there is a syndicate operating along the Namibian and Angolan border, where criminals steal animals and exchange them at the Mahenene border post to hide their crime.
The increase of drug use following the restriction of alcohol during the Covid-19 lockdown continues to be observed, according to the Namibian Police.
The Windhoek High Court yesterday convicted a 56-year-old farmworker for killing his wife and mother to his children in 2017 in the Kalkrand area.
Police arrested 32 men with drugs with a value of nearly N$900 000 in various regions around the country over the recent long weekend. The arrested men include 31 Namibians and one Angolan national.
Windhoek City Police spokesperson accused of rape of a 29-year-old woman in January remains in custody after the magistrate’s court postponed the ruling in his bail application to 8 May to iron out a number of pending issues.
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The Katutura Magistrate’s Court has set down the case of a 42-year-old man accused of killing his girlfriend and mother of his children nearly two years ago in Windhoek’s Otjomuise suburb.
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Windhoek magistrate Kalla Kanyemba will today deliver a ruling in a bail application filed by City Police spokesperson Fabian Amukwelele who is accused of sexually violating a 29-year-old woman in January.
Katutura Central constituency councillor Ambrosius Kandjii, who on Friday was arrested for assualt, pointing of a firearm, malicious damage to property and assualt by threat, was yesterday granted bail of N$3 000.
Prominent Windhoek based lawyer Sisa Namandje has hit back at the Law Society of Namibia (LSN), saying it merely pays lip service to the established principle of attorney-client privilege in its search to tarnish his reputation.
Over the years, farmers in the Epukiro constituency have been losing a lot of livestock, of which would be reported to the police station at Epukiro Post 3, said Sandie Tjaronda on behalf of Epukiro farmers.
WALVIS BAY – Namibian police traffic officer Moses Naseb (54) was released on N$5 000 bail last Thursday after he was initially arrested on Wednesday last week for alleged bribery involving a sheep carcass at a Swakopmund roadblock.
Three judges of appeal of the Namibia Supreme Court on Wednesday effectively put paid to the hopes of former education minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, who has been convicted on one charge of corruptly using her office for gratification, to have her conviction and subsequent sentence quashed.
Three Zimbabwean nationals accused of beating to death a nine-year-old girl in January in Windhoek North where again remanded in custody.
The police yesterday arrested a 28-year-old man who was found in possession of 38 ballies of cannabis.
More than 70 people were arrested around the country during the past weekend as part of a clampdown on citizens flouting Covid-19 lockdown regulations.
The Katutura Magistrate’s Court granted a final remand for the State to conclude its investigations into the case of a soldier who stands accused of having killed a civilian last year September.
WALVIS BAY – A police investigation is underway after the discovery of human skeletal remains at farm De Rust about 65 kilometres from Uis in the Erongo region. A herder made the shocking discovery last week Thursday.
A 41-year-old man, who is accused of physically assaulting his wife near a Windhoek shopping mall earlier this month, was granted bail in a local court last week.
The deputy director in the National Assembly responsible for preparing bill proposals and supporting documents for parliament made an initial routine appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court Tuesday.
A 20-year-old woman, who is wheelchair-bound, became a victim of sexual violence over Easter weekend when she was allegedly sexually violated by a man her family gave shelter to. The victim was sleeping in her bedroom when the 45-year-old suspect forced himself into the room, undressed her and had sex without her consent.
OMUTHIYA – The police in Oshikoto has issued fines worth a combined N$98 000 to 47 alcohol traders who sold liquor backdoors, in violation of the guidelines and regulations of the state of emergency imposed nationally to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Two of the Fishrot suspects incarcerated at the Windhoek Correctional facility’s section for trial awaiting inmates were yesterday charged in absentia for contravening the Prisons Act at the Katutura Magistrate’s Court for the illegal possession of cellphones
The trial of four men who stand accused of killing Alex Maluli Mushe in April 2017 in Dorado, Windhoek is now scheduled to start in August due to the countrywide scaling down of court services.
Former security guards, who were on trial for allegedly shooting and killing an Acacia student nearly six years ago, were found not guilty by the Windhoek Regional Court yesterday.
The Namibia Police Force arrested and charged 16 suspects on charges of rhino or elephant poaching and conspiracy of elephant poaching last week.
The trial of a 23-year-old man accused of causing the death of two civilians and Windhoek City Police officer in 2015 could not conclude as scheduled due to strict measures imposed during the current lockdown.
A 23-year-old man who borrowed his neighbour’s shotgun to kill his dog allegedly shot himself on Saturday afternoon at Ombugayamunyoko village in Oshana region. “It is alleged that Naftal Junias Shukifeni (23) shot himself with the neighbour’s shotgun after he allegedly borrowed the gun to go kill his dog,’’ stated the weekly crime report issued this week.
Local lawyer Mbanga Siyomunji on Monday convinced Windhoek magistrate Ivan Gawanab to drastically reduce the bail amount the State suggested for Simon Nangolo down from N$50 000 to N$5 000 after the State removed their initial objection to bail.
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OMUTHIYA – One of the suspected armed robbers who robbed a man of his neckless and bracelet worth N$150 000 at local bar in Tsumeb was discovered dead in a Volkswagen Golf 5 near Shell service station in Otavi.
Former Air Namibia flight crew member, who was allegedly attempting to smuggle N$5 million worth of heroin from Namibia to Germany in 2016, was convicted yesterday in the Windhoek Regional Court.
A 47-year-old Nigerian man was arrested in connection with R250 000 found in his possession at Noordoewer border post last week. He was arrested during a routine search after which the undeclared amount was found on him.
A 51-year-old man convicted in the Outapi Regional Court for defiling a seven-year-old girl had his sentence set aside by the High Court. After the act he allegedly gave the young girl an orange.
Deputy Judge President Hosea Angula this week dismissed with costs an application by Namib Mills to interdict Bokomo Namibia from using its current branding of its vetkoek flour as it is similar to that of Namib Mills.
Three Angolan women, caught with over N$2.2 million in foreign currencies, have denied any wrongdoing when they took the stand in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court.
A former Agribusdev manager, who was stationed at Ndonga Linena Irrigation project, was denied bail last Friday after appearing in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court on allegations of corruption having embezzled over N$ 1 million.
A five and half month puppy allegedly died after it was sexually assaulted by a man, a neighbour, in the early hours of Friday morning in Windhoek. The man has since fled from his house following the incident.
WALVIS BAY – A vessel captain Vitaly Dukach was granted bail of N$100 000 last week when he made a first appearance in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court for illegal fishing.
The trial of two men who are suspected of raping and killing a schoolgirl and dumping her body in the bushes in Windhoek is set to resume in the Windhoek High Court in June.
A man who was on trial for killing his pregnant girlfriend and a man who tried to defend her from him was convicted on two counts of murder in Oshakati High Court last week.
RUNDU – Two brothers who are accused of robbing a service station at Rundu last week have been denied bail during their first appearance in the local magistrate’s court. The suspects reportedly robbed the service station and stole N$386 900. They allegeldy also shot and injured a security guard before fleeing.
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A Windhoek man this week maintained his innocence in a murder case before Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Orben Sibeya. The 57-year-old Benjamin Strong, who is currently on trial, denied any involvement in the killing of Johanna Resandt (62).
WALVIS BAY – A gang of robbers believed to be responsible for a series of robberies in Omaruru is suspected to have broken into Agra where they stole items and cash with a combined value of over N$77 000.
Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday advised Namibians, particularly government officials, to avoid face-to-face meetings with international participants and to rather use information technology (ICT) to help stop the spread of coronavirus.
WALVIS BAY – A Walvis Bay family is reeling in shock after their bubbly daughter, Frieda Dhiginina Mapowe (15) allegedly hanged herself in their home. She was an eighth grader.
The Oshakati High Court convicted the man who was on trial for stabbing and beheading his girlfriend in 2014 at his flat in Oshakati.
The trial of a man who allegedly killed his employer in Swakopmund in August 2017 has grind to a halt as he is currently without any legal representation.
RUNDU – Kavango East police investigators are on the hunt for a gang of armed thugs who robbed and shot a security guard at Rundu’s Engen service station, located at the roundabout along Eugene Kakukuru main road, where the unknown criminals stole N$386 900 in cash and fled.
Two of the three men charged with the brutal murder of elderly farmers Gielam Botha (78) and his 80-year-old wife Susara Aletta (80) at their farm Lindeshof near Köes in the Keetmanshoop District want the Windhoek High Court to release them on bail.
Windhoek High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg yesterday acquitted the only woman accused in the murder and robbery trial of three people charged with killing elderly farmer, Willem Cornelius de Klerk, aged 71 at Farm Villa Rosa in the Usakos District on all charges.
A group of Angolan women who were caught with more than N$2.2 million at Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA) late last year are scheduled to tender their preliminary plea on Friday.
The Windhoek Regional Court cancelled the warrant of arrest against one of the men standing trial for the alleged murder of an Acacia High School learner, who was killed nearly six years ago.
The case of a woman, accused of having killed her ex-lover in 2018, was struck off the judicial roll of Katutura Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday because the investigation is incomplete.
Seven women are among 86 Namibians arrested for drug dealing in February and police continue to report low cases of drugs confiscated compared to the previous year.
Arrest with a warrant: An arrest should be done by any peace officer after a warrant for the arrest has been issued by a magistrate in terms of section 43 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977.
WALVIS BAY – The Anti-Corruption Commission is suspecting more companies could have paid bribes to two employees of the Ministry of Finance attached to the Inland Revenue department at Walvis Bay.
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A Windhoek resident, accused of killing his girlfriend and mother of his then two-year-old son by stabbing her once in the chest with a knife, yesterday pleaded not guilty before High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg.
The only man jailed in the Avid saga, Nico Josea, was denied an opportunity to apply for leave to appeal his conviction and sentence yesterday by Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg.
The trial of former Windhoek-based public prosecutor, who stands accused of illegally scrapping charges from the court system, is scheduled to start in July.
The case of a 19-year-old woman who was arrested in connection with the death of her ex-boyfriend in 2018 has come to a standstill due to the docket not being available at court for proceedings.
A farmworker, who was found guilty of killing his employer at a farm in the Outjo area nearly three years ago, was yesterday sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment.
The prosecutor general has decided to arraign a woman who is accused of killing her 70-year-old boyfriend by stabbing him multiple times nearly two years ago.
A teenage girl who was arrested for dumping her dead infant after giving birth will stand trial for the alleged crime in September in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court.
A 50-year-old man who last year confessed to abducting and sexually violating a minor was remanded in police custody, as the police are yet to obtain a statement from the victim.
A case of a 32-year-old woman who is accused of stabbing her live-in boyfriend to death last year is still on the court roll for further police investigations.
A man who was arrested for sexually violating his girlfriend’s daughter between 2015 and 2019 has denied any wrongdoing.
The police are yet to complete their investigations into the case of Namibia Qualifications Authority CEO Frans Gertze, who allegedly shot his wife six times at their Pionierspark home last year.
ONGWEDIVA – The 29-year-old Naholo Shihafeleni who was last week nabbed whilst attempting to smuggle unauthorised pharmaceutical products, including medicine was denied bail in the Outapi Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
WALVIS BAY - A 29-year-old woman is expected to make her first appearance this week in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court on a charge of murder and concealment of birth after she allegedly killed her newborn baby.
ONGWEDIVA – The police in Omusati region on Wednesday afternoon arrested a 29-year-old male nurse stationed at Odimbwa clinic who had unauthorised pharmaceutical products including medicine in his possession.
RUNDU – A French couple was robbed of N$75 000 outside Rundu at Kambowo village along the Trans-Caprivi Highway.
WALVIS BAY – Two taxation officers at the Ministry of Finance, Inland Revenue at Walvis Bay were denied bail yesterday morning following their arrest on Monday afternoon for allegedly soliciting bribe of N$100 000 from a taxpayer.
Oshakati High Court Judge Johanna Salionga sentenced a man convicted of killing his uncle, by hitting him with rocks, to 20 years in jail last week.
Two security guards who at the weekend allegedly stole two vehicles from the Opuwo government garage, which they were manning, have been arrested. The two guards are aged 22 and 29.
The trial of former Windhoek-based prosecutor, accused of illegally scrapping charges from the court system, could not proceed as scheduled in the regional court after one of the accused failed to show up.
Windhoek High Court acting judge Orben Sibeya last week dismissed an application for discharge in terms of Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Act on two charges of assault and one count of defeating or obstructing the course of justice by murder accused Benjamin Strong.
A man who was arrested last week in connection to the death of a woman who collapsed at the Windhoek police station is scheduled to appear in court for bail consideration today.
A former state prosecutor who was arrested for allegedly illegally scrapping charges from the court system will be tried today.
A group of young people, who were arrested in Windhoek in connection with the killing a 27-year-old Congolese refugee in June 2018, walked out of Katutura Magistrate’s Court as free men and women after the court struck their case from the roll last week.
Oshakati High Court Judge Herman January sentenced a man convicted of killing his former girlfriend by stabbing her 11 times with a knife to 30 years in prison late last week.
ONGWEDIVA - The police in Omusati region are seeking public assistance to aid in tracing the mother of a foetus that was discovered at the Outapi Town Council dumping site on Monday afternoon.
The Katutura Magistrate’s Court yesterday refused to provisionally withdraw a case against a woman who stands accused of killing her neighbour over alcohol in 2018.
Two men who were arrested last week in connection to the death of a 45-year-old man whose body was found in Windhoek’s Suiderhof suburb have approached the court with the hope of being released on bail.
A group consisting of two brothers and two friends, who are accused of robbing and killing a man in Dorado Park nearly three years ago, will be tried in March.
A man who was arrested last year on suspicion that he robs and prey on lone women in Windhoek’s Goreangab is set to stand trial in August in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court.
The Katutura Magistrate’s Court has issued a final postponement to the investigating officer dealing with the case of three Angolan women who were caught with more than N$2.2 million in cash at the Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA) in December last year in order to conclude investigations in the matter.
The police are yet to conclude their investigations into the case of an officer of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) who is accused of shooting and killing a 32-year-old civilian last year.
Samherji, the Icelandic company at the centre of the ‘Fishrot’ scandal, said it is pleased to see the case in which fishing vessel Heinaste skipper Arngrímur Brynjólfsson being fined N$950 000 for illegal fishing coming to its conclusion.
WALVIS BAY – The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) said it would table a motion to summon Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director general Paulus Noa to explain why Namibians implicated in the Fishrot saga had their assets frozen, while foreigners allegedly involved have free range.
The Namibian Police drug law enforcement unit confiscated illicit drugs worth N$294 800 in January this year, compared to over N$1.8 million worth of drugs seized during the same period in 2019.
The Windhoek Regional Court has issued a subpoena against a man who was initially arrested in connection to N$5 million worth of heroin that was found at the Hosea Kutako International Airport in 2016.
The man convicted of the brutal rape and murder of a 13-year-old Henties Bay girl in 2014 was sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday by Windhoek High Court acting Judge Alfred Siboleka.
After a day of oral arguments in the High Court yesterday, Judge Thomas Masuku is set to deliver judgement on the urgent application of the incarcerated former Cabinet ministers and their co-accused on 27 February.
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Russian national Alexander Krylov and his Namibian counterpart Anna Katrina Engelbrecht pleaded not guilty to 42 counts of rape and child trafficking in addition to a charge of supplying minors with cigarettes before Windhoek High Court acting Judge Claudia Claasen yesterday.
RUNDU - The three men arrested on Friday for being in possession of elephant tusks in the Mukwe constituency were granted bail of N$10 000 each when they appeared in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
The police in Oshana are asking for help in locating a man wanted for murder over N$20.
The prosecutor general is set to decide the fate of 42-year-old Erastus Heita, who stands accused of killing his girlfriend and mother of his children nearly two years ago in Windhoek’s Otjomuise residential area.
The court has refused bail to a 35-year-old man arrested last year for allegedly killing and burning his live-in girlfriend last September.
WALVIS BAY – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Saturday advised Namibian authorities not to allow any shipping vessels or persons linked to the Fishrot case to leave Namibia without notifying ACC or the Namibian police.
WINDHOEK - Nine-year-old Zimbabwean-born girl, whose charred body was found in a municipal rubbish skip a week ago, was dead by the time her body was set alight, the post mortem revealed.
WINDHOEK – Fraud accused Manga Manga-Mukena, her husband Joseph and Celestino Gabriel Antonio are still waiting to hear whether the chief justice will entertain their petition to appeal the refusal of Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Kobus Miller to recuse himself from their trial.
WINDHOEK – Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Kobus Miller last Friday admitted into evidence bank records obtained from the accounts of Boykie Noa Naukosho (30), and his company Tripple N Investments after a trial within a trial to determine their admissibility.
ONGWEDIVA - The police in Oshana have arrested at least six people for dealing with pangolins in the past two weeks.
RUNDU – Three men from Kavango West region, who were arrested on 13 November last year for illegally cutting grass in Angola, are still in custody in that country.
WINDHOEK – A former employee of the Road Fund Administration (RFA) who admitted he stole N$2.4 million from the entity under false pretences
WINDHOEK – A Rehoboth resident accused of stabbing to death a man who came to the aid of the accused’s former girlfriend denied quilt.
OMUTHIYA - A 47-year-old man was killed while intervening in a panga attack at Okayele village in Oshikoto region, the police said yesterday.
ONGWEDIVA – Unknown suspects on Saturday allegedly got away with N$224 580 in cash from the University of Namibia’s Hifikepunye Pohamba campus’ finance office in Ongwediva.
WINDHOEK - A 32-year-old woman has been slapped with 10 years imprisonment for the killing of his live-in boyfriend of seven years in 2015.
ONGWEDIVA - The number of suspects arrested in connection with protected wildlife crimes in Oshana Region has increased to six in less than a week, following yet another arrest of a man caught dealing with a leopard skin.
OMUTHIYA - A man from Onandhi in the Onankali area of Oshikoto Region has been arrested for murder after allegedly burying his two-year-old son alive.
WINDHOEK – A resident of Tses in the Keetmanshoop district claimed during his plea on two murder and three attempted murder charges that he was too drunk at the time of committing the offences to remember exactly what had transpired.
ONGWEDIVA – The police in Oshana Region have in less than a week arrested five suspects in connection with protected wildlife crimes.
WINDHOEK - The Windhoek Regional Court is expected to hear the trial of five men who stand accused of a deadly armed robbery in Windhoek nearly a decade ago.
WINDHOEK - The testimony of a woman serving an eight-year prison against her former husband proved enough for Windhoek High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg to convict him on 32 counts of theft and one count of money laundering.
OMUTHIYA - The family of a University of Namibia (Unam) student who was allegedly murdered through assault during December last year in Katima Mulilo has expressed concern over the police’s handling of the matter.
OMUTHIYA - A mother of six was last week allegedly kicked to death by her boyfriend, who is also the father of her children.
WINDHOEK - The prosecutor-general is waiting for the police to complete their investigations into the case of a man who is accused of killing his brother in 2018 over a debt of N$20.
Anti-bribery protesters loot chicken farm
WINDHOEK - A 15-year-old teenager from Rehoboth, who was 14 when he committed several offences including murder, rape and arson, made his first appearance in the Windhoek High Court yesterday before Judge Christie Liebenberg.
WINDHOEK – The police have concluded their investigations into the case of a woman who is accused of fatally stabbing her 70-year-old boyfriend multiple times in 2018.
WINDHOEK - At least four people died this past weekend in car accidents involving unlicensed drivers. In one of the accidents, an unlicensed driver reportedly lost control of a Toyota pickup while trying to overtake another vehicle on the Opuwo-Kaoko Otavi gravel road in the Kunene Region.
WINDHOEK – The Namibian police recorded a sharp decline in the worth of drugs seized during the festive season compared to previous months.
WINDHOEK- A 22-year-old man was arrested and charged for allegedly raping a toddler this past Sunday at Dordabis.
WALVIS BAY - An unlicensed driver allegedly killed a man and injured two others when he crashed into a group of mechanics with a reporteldy stolen vehicle in Karibib on Friday.
WINDHOEK – The Katutura Magistrate’s Court yesterday granted a final remand to the police to conclude their investigations in the case of a teenage girl who was arrested for allegedly dumping her lifeless baby at Greenwell Matongo last year.
KAHENGE - Two men, who were found in possession of illegal animal skins, were each granted bail of N$8 000 in the Kahenge periodical court on Monday.
WINDHOEK – The trial of a former Air Namibia cabin crew member, accused of trying to smuggle N$5 million worth of heroin, has been postponed to next week for the defence’s case.
WINDHOEK - The trial of a Yemeni national, who is accused of killing a man over a million-dollar deal that turned sour in 2016, will resume next month.
WINDHOEK - A distraught mother of one of the teenage girls, accused of stabbing a 30-year-old man to death on New Year’s Day in Windhoek, said she was praying for everyone affected by the case during this difficult period.
WINDHOEK - A former farmworker who was serving 34 years for rape and murder of his stepdaughter was found dead in his cell bed at the Windhoek Central Correctional facility on Saturday.
WINDHOEK – A man who was arrested on suspicion that he robs and prey on lone women in Windhoek’s Goreangab informal settlement has been released on bail in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court.
WINDHOEK – An attempt to be released on bail by three Angolan nationals who were caught with more than N$2.2 million in cash at the Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA) failed after the court denied their request.
SWAKOPMUND - Namibian authorities have issued a warrant of arrest for an Austrian businessman for failing to settle a debt of N$400 000.
NKURENKURU - Two Namibian male suspects were on Friday apprehended by the police in Kavango West for being in possession of controlled wildlife products.
Law Society probes lawyers over Fishrot
WINDHOEK – The Khomas and Oshikoto regions have the highest number of reported rape cases, police chief Sebastian Ndeitunga said during the observation of International Human Rights Day earlier this week.
WINDHOEK - The Yemeni national accused of shooting and killing a Malian in Windhoek during 2016 was granted N$50 000 bail yesterday.
WINDHOEK - Three judges of the Namibian Supreme Court issued a stern warning to insurance companies that are defying the provision of the Namibia National Reinsurance Act, which compels them to reinsure a portion of their business with NamibRe that their opinion about the unconstitutionality of the Act does not make them immune to the enforcement mechanisms it provides, unless a court makes such a finding through due process of law in an appeal judgment.
WINDHOEK – Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Orben Sibeya yesterday sentenced three young men from Aminuis in the Gobabis district to sentences ranging from 10 years to seven years on convictions of rape of a 13-year-old girl.
WINDHOEK – A farm worker who admitted he caused the death of his wife but denied he intended to kill her, told the court yesterday that he “just saw black” after his wife of 21 years had told him she enjoyed sex with other men more than with him.
WINDHOEK – The investigating officer dealing with the case of a teacher who stands accused of fatally stabbing his wife multiple times and slitting her stomach in April has been instructed by the prosecutor general (PG) to further investigate the matter.
WINDHOEK – The man who was arrested on allegations he slit his ex-girlfriend’s throat with a knife and attempted to commit suicide in March is set to remain in police custody as the state still opposes his release.
WINDHOEK – The Namibian police in Omusati Region are investigating a case of reckless and or negligent driving against an ambulance driver and a nurse after a patient, who is believed to be mentally unstable, jumped from the moving vehicle while being transported to the Oshakati state hospital from Outapi.
WINDHOEK - The trial of two Namibians and 12 Angolans, accused of defrauding the government to the tune of N$210 million through false tax refunds on purchases exported from Namibia, hit a snag on Monday.
WINDHOEK - Three young men from Aminuis in the Omaheke Region will be sentenced tomorrow after acting Windhoek High Court Judge Orben Sibeya convicted them of one count of rape each this week.
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WINDHOEK - A 59-year-old businessman, who was recently convicted of murder with direct intent, has approached the registrar of the High Court to appeal his conviction.
WINDHOEK - Businessman Sakarias (Sacky) Mathias, 59, was sentenced to an effective 35 years imprisonment yesterday by Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute after he was found guilty on charges of murder, attempted murder, possession of a firearm and ammunition without a license and attempt to defeat or obstruct the course of justice.
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WINDHOEK - Two witnesses yesterday testified that a worker on Farm Houmoed between Mariental and Kalkrand, accused of killing his wife of about 20 years, did so because she was unfaithful to him and bore another man’s child.
WINDHOEK - The trial of two men accused of killing an Acacia High School learner nearly five years ago came to a standstill following the hospitalisation of one of the accused.
WINDHOEK - The trial of five men accused of the gruesome murder of Okahandja resident Marshall De Klerk nearly 11 years ago will resume in the Windhoek Regional Court in February 2020.
WINDHOEK - The wife of embattled coastal estate agent Erwin Sprangers, 58, was on Monday acquitted on all charges in the Windhoek High Court after she applied for a section 174 discharge at the state’s case and was granted one by Judge Eileen Rakow.
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WINDHOEK - Benjamin Strong, 56, on Monday pleaded not guilty to a count of murder, read with the provisions of the Domestic Violence Act, one count of attempted murder, two counts of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and one count of defeating or obstructing or attempting to defeat or obstruct the course.
WINDHOEK - A resident of the sleepy town of Aroab was convicted of murder with direct intent for stabbing his 19-year-old girlfriend to death.
WINDHOEK - A police officer reportedly shot and killed a man who allegedly attacked him with an unknown object, while resisting arrest in Katutura on Sunday evening.
RUNDU - A 29-year-old man, who was arrested on Thursday evening for assualting an off duty police officer at Rundu, was granted bail of N$3 000 when he appeared in the local magistrate’s court on Monday.
RUNDU - A 29-year-old man was arrested for attempted murder after assaulting a police officer in Rundu on Thursday evening with a snooker pool stick.
WINDHOEK- The Namibia Police Force recorded four cases of reckless and negligent driving that claimed at least two lives with several serious to moderate injuries over the past weekend.
WINDHOEK- Eighty suspects among them foreign nationals are in custody after being arrested with drugs worth N$8 million in the month of November alone, revealed the police.
KAHENGE - A case of attempted murder and discharge of firearm in public was opened against a security guard who allegedly shot a 21-year-old man outside a bar at Mahenzere village in Kavango West region on Saturday.
KEETMANSHOOP - The case of an adult male accused of fatally stabbing another man last year in Keetmanshoop has been remanded until 20 February 2020, pending the Prosecutor-General’s (PG) decision.
ONGWEDIVA - Unknown suspects robbed the Ondonga Traditional Authority of N$13 500 at gunpoint last week.
OMUTHIYA - Police officers manning the Omuntele community hall polling station arrested a 48-year-old woman after she cast her vote twice, despite being warned not to return to the voting booth.
RUNDU - Four Namibian men were arrested on Tuesday in connection with protected game.
WINDHOEK - The Windhoek Magistrate’s Court set free a security guard accused of killing and raping a woman whose corpse was discovered near the University of Namibia’s (Unam) main campus last year.
RUNDU – An armed robber who raided a local mini-shop in Rundu on Monday night is still at large and yet to be identidied.
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WINDHOEK – A City Police traffic officer accused of raping a 16-year-old girl on three different occasions this year was denied bail in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
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WINDHOEK – The Namibia Defence Force (NDF) soldier accused of fatally shooting a Zimbabwean taxi driver in June suffered a legal setback when the court rejected his application to have the case withdrawn.
WINDHOEK - A 39-year-old woman died after she was allegedly strangled by her boyfriend over the weekend at Oidiva village in Okongo.
WINDHOEK - Ondangwa-based magistrate Liwena Walter Mikiti pleaded not guilty to charges of insurance fraud, alternatively theft, forgery and uttering a forged document and money laundering before Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Eileen Rakow yesterday.
ONGWEDIVA - A 46-year-old man was arrested last week Thursday and charged with dealing with protected game after attempting to smuggle two pangolins into Namibia through the Oshikango border.
WINDHOEK – The inability to acquire sufficient funds resulted in the cancellation of the Kora All-Africa Music Awards in 2016.
WALVIS BAY - The accused in the cocaine bust case worth N$206 million, Grant Noble and Dinah Azhar, yesterday pleaded not guilty in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court.
WINDHOEK - The bail hearing of the Yemeni national accused of executing Malian national Gamby Baya in 2016 in Kleine Kuppe is scheduled to take place next week.
WINDHOEK - A thirty-six-year-old man accused of raping his girlfriend’s daughter will enter his preliminary plea next year.
WINDHOEK- A driver and co-worker were arrested after being found in possession of cannabis worth N$6.4 million on Saturday morning on the B3 road to Grunau.
WALVIS BAY - Police in Erongo Region have arrested three suspects in connection with the death of Romeo Kangulu (28), who was robbed and killed on Saturday morning in Swakopmund.
ONGWEDIVA – The Oshana police are requesting the public’s assistance in tracing 27-year-old Simeon Paulus who bolted from the Ongwediva police holding cells.
WINDHOEK - The only female accused in the murder and robbery of elderly farmer Willem Cornelius de Klerk, aged 71, at farm Villa Rosa in the Usakos district, yesterday denied any wrongdoing in either the murder or the robbery that took place in August 2015.
WINDHOEK - A Namibia Qualification Authority (NQA) top executive is expected to appear in Windhoek Magistrate’s Court today, following an alleged failed attempt to kill his wife in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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