A 35-year-old man, accused of strangling his former intimate partner to death after she refused to have intercourse with him, made his first appearance before Deputy Judge President Nate Ndauendapo in the Windhoek High Court on Wednesday. Henny Christy Murphy faces charges of housebreaking with intent to murder, murder (read with the provisions of the...
Iuze Mukube A 34-year-old man took the stand on Monday before Judge Philanda Christiaan, asserting that he is the victim of a set-up orchestrated by the complainant and his former girlfriend regarding the charges of rape and housebreaking alleged against him. Moses Aubrey Salele, who was acquitted of nine charges, is now facing four counts,...
Windhoek High Court Judge Philanda Christiaan roasted a magistrate from Swakopmund for “failure to apply judicial care and diligence in the exercise of duties. In a review judgement on the matter of Reinhold Hinkab, who was convicted of theft and sentenced to a fine of N$8 000 or 12 months imprisonment, Judge Christiaan, in concurrence...
Two judges of the Windhoek High Court have clearly set out the correct procedure to follow when a convicted person intends to appeal either the conviction or sentence. Mandume Hafeni who was convicted in the Swakopmund Magistrate Court on two counts of theft brought an appeal within the prescribed 14 days after sentence but failed...
ONAMUTAYI – A woman was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 31-year-old woman with an unknown object on the back of her head in an altercation about the ownership of N$120 at Omuthiya in the Oshikoto region on Friday. Namibian Police’s acting regional commander, Deputy Commissioner James Nandapo, told Nampa on Sunday that the incident occurred...
RUNDU – The Namibian Police in Rundu are seeking public assistance to help track suspects who robbed and stabbed to death a male teenager on Friday. The incidence happened at Rundu’s industrial area, between the Agro Marketing and Trade Agency and Puma service station along John Mutorwa Road, which was officially inaugurated the same day...
A 29-year-old woman, Angelina Shatilwe, was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend after he heard talk at a local cuca shop that she was cheating on him. The incident occurred last week in Oshuundje village in the Omusati region. The man, identified as Mika Mundjekela (29), allegedly fled to Olunkava village, where he later committed suicide...
Auleria Wakudumo A 59-year-old woman is fighting for her life in hospital after she allegedly set a shack on fire while she was inside in an attempted suicide mission. The woman allegedly resorted to the unthinkable after learning that her husband was involved in extramarital affairs. The incident occurred on Tuesday at around 17h00 at...
The appeal of Jandre Dippenaar, who was convicted on six counts of murder following a fatal road collision in 2014 and given a 15-year prison term in the Swakopmund Regional Court last year, is in limbo following incomplete court documents. A status report submitted to the court on Wednesday shows that not every page of...
WALVIS BAY – The bail applications of six suspects implicated in a N$30 million fraud case hit a snag on Tuesday after the main suspect, Victoria George (34), fell ill. The pregnant George was wheeled out of court on a stretcher after suffering a medical emergency shortly before the scheduled bail hearing. This caused a...