Crime and Courts

Defence lawyers representing some of the Fishrot accused attempted to destroy the credentials of the chief investigator of the Anti-Corruption Commission, Andreas Kanyangela, who is the State’s star witness in the ongoing bail application. 

Prosecutor general Martha Imalwa has decided to prosecute a group of businesspeople, including Chinese-born tycoon Jack Huang, as well as multiple business entities over charges of tax evasion, fraud and money laundering involving N$3.5 billion. 

Detectives investigating the N$1.3 million cash-in-transit heist have so far recovered a newly-bought red Volkswagen Golf GTI worth N$104 000 from one of the suspects involved in the robbery. 

Chief investigator of the Anti-Corruption Commission Andreas Kanyangela found the going tough yesterday fielding questions from Vas Soni, the South African advocate of Sackey Shanghala, James Hatuikulipi and Pius Mwatelulo.

Police in Erongo have arrested three suspects for allegedly pretending to be police officers and scammed an Omaruru pensioner of N$50 000 on Wednesday morning.

Gilbert Muhongo Mutwa, one of the three people claiming to be the rightful heir to the throne of the Masubia Traditional Authority, has taken the matter to the High Court for determination. 

A man and his wife accused of assaulting his daughter to death, burning her body and dumping it in a rubbish skip in Windhoek two years ago, made their first appearance in the High Court yesterday.

A farmworker from the Maltahöhe area thanked Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku yesterday after she sentenced him to an effective 20 years in prison for a conviction of murder without direct intent.

Two men aged 23 and 34 from Okahandja in the Otjozondjupa region are due to appear in court this week in connection with an armed robbery and theft of N$77 000, outside Poolman Motors at the Garden Town.

The death of a 13-year-old girl from Olukula village in the Ohangwena region has sent shockwaves through her community after it was alleged that she had been repeatedly sexually molested by her father.