Crime and Courts

The Windhoek High Court is scheduled to hear the details of what transpired on the night that an elderly couple were attacked in their home in Swakopmund in 2017, which resulted in the death of 79-year-old Roswitha Strzelecki
Yesterday,

A Rehoboth man yesterday critically injured his wife after shooting her in the head before killing himself. 

Self-proclaimed prophet Jackson Babi has approached the High Court to appeal against a decision by the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court to deny him bail. 

One of the two men on trial for raping and stoning to death a schoolgirl and dumping her body in the bush in Windhoek nearly seven years ago has been convicted in the High Court.

OMUTHIYA – A case of assault has been opened against police officers and two members of a neighbourhood watch for allegedly assaulting a man at Tsumeb recently. 

RUNDU – A 32-year-old woman was hacked to death at Lilira village in the Ndonga Linena constituency of Kavango East on Wednesday evening. 

Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku yesterday again had to postpone the trial of three men charged with the brutal murder of elderly farmers near Köes in the Keetmanshoop district.

26-year-old woman is facing attempted murder charges for allegedly pouring boiled water on her boyfriend and his lover in the early hours of Saturday morning in Mariental.

A 72-year-old resident of Schlip near Mariental pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act for the second time yesterday before Windhoek High Court Judge Orben Sibeya.

A man who is on trial for allegedly killing his brother over a debt of N$20 last year will hear his fate within a fortnight in the Windhoek Regional Court.