Customize Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

No cookies to display.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

No cookies to display.

Rape suspect to launch new bail application

Home Crime and Courts Rape suspect to launch new bail application

The defence lawyer of a man, accused of raping his girlfriend’s daughter last week, informed the court that they would be launching a new bail application on new facts. 

Tobias Mareko’s first formal bail application was dismissed in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on grounds that he is facing serious criminal charges and it would not be in the public interest or in the interest of the administration of justice to release him on bail. 
Last week, Mareko’s defence attorney Jan Wessels made the submission in court for the new bail bid after the state indicated the prosecutor general’s decision was not yet available. 
Mareko was arrested in September 2019 and is currently facing multiple charges of rape for allegedly sexually violating the victim between 2015 and 2019. 

The sexual violation against the victim allegedly started when she was 11-year-old, according to court documents. 
The victim is now 16.
The victim expressed she was worried her mother was siding with the suspect, with whom she has been in a relationship with for five years and share a son.

According to the social worker, she spoke to the victim’s mother, who informed her she was only aware of Mareko inappropriately touching the victim. 
The mother informed her she recommended therapy for Mareko. 
The victim is currently no longer under the care of the mother. She has been placed under the care of her paternal aunt.
Mareko has, however, denied any wrongdoing, stating he was never caught having sexual intercourse with the minor.  
Mareko is expected to make an appearance in court on 10 August for the prosecutor general’s decision. 
Magistrate Jo-Rina Jagger was presiding with Rowan van Wyk representing the State. 
– mamakali@nepc.com.na