The Namibian Police have arrested one man in connection with a N$1.3 million Nedbank robbery that happened two weeks ago.
Crime and Courts
Lay litigant Maletzky denies fraud charges
Lay litigant August Maletzky and his former employee Simon Afrikaner, pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud, corruption, forgery and conspiracy to commit fraud and corruption and money laundering in the Windhoek High Court yesterday before Judge Herman January.
State wants conviction for spear murder accused
The prosecution has asked Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku to convict murder accused Petrus Jacobus du Plessis on all charges he is facing.
City probes fire brigade vehicle theft
The City of Windhoek has started investigating circumstances which led to three suspects gaining entrance to the municipality’s fire department before disappearing with a Toyota Landcruiser pickup during the wee hours of Saturday.
State says Gustavo a ‘flight risk’ … prosecution takes bail appeal to Supreme Court
Prosecutor general Martha Imalwa has lodged an appeal in the Supreme Court against the release of Fishrot accused Ricardo Gustavo by Windhoek High Court Judge Herman Oosthuizen on an N$800 000 bond.
Brothers remanded for human trafficking, child labour
Two brothers, who were arrested on Tuesday at Nepara village on charges of trafficking in persons and contravention of the Labour Act, were denied bail due to the seriousness of the case against them.
//Kharas council hearing set for June
The chief magistrate, an Electoral Commission of Namibia’s regional coordinator and the minister of urban and rural development are in for a long wait after the High Court scheduled to hear their matter in June.
Man arrested over cannabis plants, seeds
A 50-year-old man appeared in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court on Monday for the illegal cultivation of 29 plants of cannabis at Nkurenkuru.
‘Bishop’ pleads for mercy … says he cannot afford to pay N$350 000
Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) member and teacher Abed ‘Bishop’ Hishoono has asked the court to show mercy when deciding on how much he should fork out in a defamation suit filed against him by First Lady Monica Geingos.
Incest accused wants discharge on some counts
A Windhoek resident, who is accused of raping his biological daughter several times and forcing her to abort the foetus after impregnating her, intends to apply for a discharge on some of the charges he faces in the Windhoek High Court.