Crime and Courts

State lawyer Taodago Gaweseb yesterday asked Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen to remove convicted baby killer and 30-year-old Priscilla Daukeline Stuurman from society for a very long period.

A 27-year-old man, accused of kidnapping, raping and strangling a 27-year-old woman to death, is yet to get a lawyer to represent him for his trial.

As cases of gender-based violence continue unabated, the ministry of justice created an environment that is friendly for victims to testify without fear.

A resident of Känaan location in Gobabis yesterday pleaded not guilty to five counts of rape and two counts of housebreaking with intent to rob and robbery.

A former military paramedic, who is currently serving 35 years imprisonment for murdering his ex-girlfriend four years ago, has turned to the Supreme Court after his application for leave to appeal was dismissed by the High Court.

A young woman, accused of killing her 70-year-old lover by stabbing him multiple times with a kitchen knife, will get new dates for her trial hearing. Magistrate Mehluli Nyazo postponed the case of Victoria Gorases (25) to 23 May for allocation of new trial dates and to allow Gorases’ new lawyer Mbanga Siyomunji to obtain disclosure and consult her. 

Marthinus Pretorius, who was convicted of raping and trafficking two girls, has been sentenced to 35 years imprisonment.

A Katutura family is numb with disbelief after the alleged killing of a 10-day-old baby girl and the attempted murder of a seven-year-old deaf boy at the hands of their mother.

High Court Judge Johanna Salionga on Friday meted out the harshest punishment the Namibian Constitution permits when she sentenced three people convicted of murder to life imprisonment. 

Forex traders Michael Amushelelo and Gregory Cloete are still mobilising funds to hire a senior advocate who will represent them in their upcoming trial in the Windhoek High Court.