Crime and Courts

Marthinus Pretorius, who was convicted of raping and trafficking two girls, has been sentenced to 35 years imprisonment.

A Katutura family is numb with disbelief after the alleged killing of a 10-day-old baby girl and the attempted murder of a seven-year-old deaf boy at the hands of their mother.

High Court Judge Johanna Salionga on Friday meted out the harshest punishment the Namibian Constitution permits when she sentenced three people convicted of murder to life imprisonment. 

Forex traders Michael Amushelelo and Gregory Cloete are still mobilising funds to hire a senior advocate who will represent them in their upcoming trial in the Windhoek High Court.

Second psych evaluation for murder accused ex-teacher

Chief investigator of the Anti-Corruption Commission Andreas Kanyangela has dismissed claims that the arrests of the Fishrot accused, who were taken into custody on the eve of election day in 2019, was politically motivated.

High Court Judge Alfred Siboleka has a daunting task of deciding an appropriate sentence for a former hostel caretaker who is convicted on multiple counts of rape for sexually violating 10 minor boys. 

The aunt of a 16-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by a 46-year-old man at a village in the Oshana region, has allegedly begged her niece not to report the matter, as it would land her husband in prison.

Two judges of the Windhoek High Court had some choice words for a magistrate they say completely bungled a trial in which four men were accused of dealing in cannabis.

A former military paramedic, convicted of killing his former girlfriend and mother of his child, was sentenced to 35 years imprisonment yesterday.