The 38-year-old South African woman who was convicted of motor vehicle theft and contravening several sections of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act 29 of 2004 (POCA), was sentenced to an effective 15 years in prison in the Katima Mulilo Regional Court on Wednesday. Chante Coetzee was convicted on three counts. She was sentenced to...
A 26-year-old man with a mental illness allegedly killed his 88-year-old grandmother by hacking her with a panga. He also allegedly injured his seven-year-old nephew and 14-year-old niece yesterday at Oshikuyu village in the Ohangwena Region. Deputy Commissioner Melanie Mburu said that after hacking his grandmother, the suspect pushed her into a fire and set...
OSHAKATI- A 27-year-old woman is currently admitted in the Oshakati Hospital with multiple stab wounds after she was repeatedly raped and attacked by an unknown man. The incident occurred on Monday evening at Omalyata village in Ohangwena region, at a homestead where she is a domestic worker. Police have confirmed the incident, but the suspect...
Robert Marlo McNab (39), who allegedly murdered his estranged wife by stabbing her at least 27 times with a pair of scissors, made his first appearance before Deputy Judge President Shafimana Ueitele in the Windhoek High Court yesterday. McNab faces charges of housebreaking with intent to murder, and murder, read with the provisions of the...
A 12-year-old Grade 7 pupil at the Tsara Aibes Primary School in Otjiwarongo died, allegedly after committing suicide in a bathroom at his parent’s house. The deceased has been identified as Michael Shikudule. The incident occurred on Monday night in the Ombili location of the town. Police spokesperson Maureen Mbeha said the boy was instructed...
A Grootfontein resident, who is facing a terrorism charge amongst a host of other charges, made a second appearance in the Windhoek High Court yesterday. Jona Hangula (34) was arrested on 21 June 2023. He faces 19 charges, including one charge of arranging for the retention or control of funds belonging to persons involved in...
Iuze Mukube Kevin Matthew Cloete, who stands accused of the murder of his stepfather, has lodged a section 174 application under the Criminal Procedure Act (CPA) to have the case against him dismissed, claiming the State has failed to present sufficient evidence to justify continuing the trial. The 33-year-old Keetmanshoop resident is in court for...
Congested diaries and the unavailability of some of the accused resulted in the trial of several Chinese businesspeople and one Namibian being delayed until next year. The accused, who allegedly defrauded the finance ministry of N$3.5 billion in revenue, were supposed to plead to the charges, but it was postponed to 19 November for a...
One of the sons of the murdered farming couple, Armin Siegfried Riedel (68) and wife Brunhild Riedel (66), yesterday told High Court Judge Naomi Shivute that he wishes he could impose the death penalty on the killers of his parents. Burkhard Riedel, who spoke on behalf of the family in aggravation of sentence, said for...
GOBABIS – What started as a normal and usual day took a horrible turn on Monday afternoon when Josephine Setsisho (50) died while trying to make ends meet. Setsisho, from the Canaan settlement in Gobabis, was struck dead by a metal that flew from the fire when they were burning scraps they collected to sell...