Crime and Courts

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.

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 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. 

The Ministry of Health and Social Services has agreed to pay a grieving mother N$500 000 in damages for the death of her daughter.  

Former CEO of the Road Contractors Company, Kelly Nghixulifwa and two of his business associates, Anna Ndoroma and Hafeni Nginamwaami, intend to apply for charges against them to be dropped.

The unlawful arrest, detention, and assault carried out by members of the Namibian Police on a Grootfontein businessman, Tuhafeni ‘Small Boss’ Simon is set to cost government more than N$140 000.

The Windhoek High Court yesterday sentenced a man, who poured petrol on his girlfriend and 13-month-old daughter and set them alight to 28 years imprisonment for her death and attempted murder of the minor.

Windhoek High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg Monday ordered that Steven Mulundu (22), brother of Azaan Madisia (30) accused of murdering Shannon Ndatega Wasserfall has a case to answer in the trial.

A 25-year-old man, who is facing a murder charge for killing his biological father, was denied bail when he appeared in the Katima Mulilo magistrate court yesterday. 

A Walvis Bay woman is fighting tooth and nail to stop a local commercial bank from attaching the residence she and her two minor children called their home for the last five years.