State Advocate Palmer Khumalo told Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku yesterday that Gavin Gawanab was convicted of heinous crimes and deserves the most severe sentence this court can impose. He said this when he submitted on the sentence to be imposed on Gawanab, who conducted a terror regime against young girls until his arrest...
RUNDU – The Namibian police in Kavango West have recorded three suicide incident that were reported to them between Friday and Monday. On Monday evening at 21h30 at Wiiwi village, Kavango West region, David Hausiku Mafufa (25) allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself with a belt under a tree.He did not leave a suicide note....
Iuze Mukube A resident of Farm Stinkwater in Dordabis, facing charges, among others, of violating a dead human body, is expected to tender his plea in October. This follows Judge Philanda Christiaan’s order to postpone the matter to 1-3 October for plea and trial proceedings. Uirab (35) is facing charges of murder, rape, violating a...
Iuze Mukube The case of a Windhoek resident, accused of firing a gun indiscriminately in a public place, which caused the death of a 35-year-old man, has been postponed to October. Gabes Shiimi (30) is charged with a count of murder and a count of discharging a firearm in relation to the death of Nande...
A woman accused of defrauding a private school in Windhoek of more than N$2,8 million, is fit to stand trial, two psychiatrists have found. The reports by a psychiatrist employed by the State and one in private practice, both found that Maria Johanna Coetzee (52) suffered from bipolar 2 and post traumatic stress syndrome. They,...
There is a high probability that former teacher Patrick Geingob suffered from an episode of non-pathological incapacity during the attack. He is accused of murdering his wife Merentha Geingos on 14 April 2019 by stabbing her at least 12 times with a kitchen knife at their house in Okuryangava in front of their children. This...
Iuze Mukube Former minister of fisheries Mac-Albert Hengari on Friday pleaded not guilty to three charges levelled against him, stemming from allegations that he attempted to bribe a complainant to withdraw a rape case registered against him. Hengari’s co-accused (30) also denied the charges, placing a not guilty plea before Magistrate Monica Andjaba last week....
Iuze Mukube A former security guard facing charges of murder, robbery and defeating the course of justice, last Friday objected to the court’s decision to enter a plea of not guilty on his behalf. Theodore Shipanga (45) told Windhoek High Court judge Claudia Claasen that the plea was entered without his permission and while his...
Iuze Mukube Lawyer Francois Bangamwabo, in closing arguments during this week’s ongoing Oil-rot bail application, quashed any suggestion that his clients engaged in fraud or misrepresentation as alleged by the State. He said the court will not find his clients guilty of fraud because there was no misrepresentation made to Namcor. Bangamwabo is representing former...
WALVIS BAY – Police brutality and the use of excessive force in holding cells are once again under scrutiny after a trial-awaiting inmate was allegedly assaulted by officers during a routine cell search. He was allegedly denied urgent medical attention after the attack. Michael Awaseb, who also made a court appearance on a murder charge...