Mulisa Simiyasa OTJIWARONGO – A Brazilian tourist charged with culpable homicide and negligent driving following an accident in which nine people were killed on the B1 road outside Otavi, was on Thursday released on bail by the Otavi Magistrate’s Court. The 59-year-old Luiz Charles Araujo De Sa appeared before Magistrate Ounjandere Ndjiharine, who set bail...
Crime and Courts
Nkata Trial: Wife confessed to murder of nine-year-old
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...
Hamunyela downplays Fishrot families’ concerns
The commissioner general of the Namibian Correctional Services, Raphael Hamunyela, on Monday dismissed concerns raised by families of the Fishrot accused that their lives are in danger at the Windhoek Correctional Facility.
Child pornography accused gets new lawyer
Defence attorney Milton Engelbrecht has been instructed by Legal Aid to defend Wickus Johann, Maree who is facing 75 counts of raping underage boys.
Treason trial on last stretch
The trial of seven men accused of trying to secede the then Caprivi Strip from Namibia in August 1999, is in its last stretch in the Windhoek High Court operating from the Windhoek Correctional Facility.
Lichtenstrasser wants house arrest for double murder
Ernst Lichtenstrasser, the man who shot two people at the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT)’s entrance in 2019 in cold blood, wants the court to sentence him to house arrest.
Three arrested in Karibib robbery
The Erongo Police have arrested three of the seven men in connection with an armed robbery where the group ambushed two security guards and robbed them of money they were about to deposit in the bank in Karibib.
Panga killer’s appeal dismissed
An application for leave to appeal against a 34-year sentence by a man who hacked his girlfriend to death with a panga in 2020 was refused by the Oshakati High Court.
Nghixulifwa: I was transparent
B1 City fraud accused Kelly Nghixulifwa yesterday told Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg that he did everything he is accused of in the open and not anybody’s back.
Trustco awaits ruling with bated breath
Trustco Bank will have to wait for another week to hear if the court will temporarily freeze the Bank of Namibia (BoN)’s decision to shut its operations.